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Finance

Definitions: Finance

Finance

Noun

1. The commercial activity of providing funds and capital.

2. The branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets.

3. The management of money and credit and banking and investments.

Verb

1. Obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?".

2. Sell or provide on credit.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "finance" was first used: sometime around 1400. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Finance

DomainDefinitions

Satire

FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Literature

Finance (French). Revenue derived from fines or subsidies. In feudal times finance was money paid to a lord for a privilege. In the plural we use the word to signify available money resources. Thus we say, "My finances are exhausted," meaning I have no more funds or available money. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Finance

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Finance is the application of the principles of financial economics to an inter-related set of monetary problems. In the case of a company, this generally involves balancing risk and profitability and is typically called managerial finance or corporate finance. Investment theory is concerned with the identification of an optimal portfolio of assets, given a set of objectives and constraints, as well as with the valuation of assets. Finance can also be used by individuals (called personal finance), and by governments (called public finance).

Finance involves:

Finding Finance Articles

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Finance."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Finance

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
FICEnglishFinance industry centerN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Finance

Synonym: Business & finance. (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Finance

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Accounts

Noun: accounts, accompts; commercial arithmetic, monetary arithmetic; statistics; (numeration); money matters, finance, budget, bill, score, reckoning, account.

Money

Noun: money, legal tender; money matters, money market; finance; accounts; funds, treasure; capital, stock; assets;(property); wealth; supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash; mammon.

Treasurer

Secretary of the Treasury; Chancellor of the Exchequer, minister of finance.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Finance

English words defined with "finance": A B Cbankroll, buildCameralistic, Cameralistics, captive finance company, certificate, Chancellor of the Exchequer, commercial credit company, commercial finance company, consumer finance company, CookedivisionEurodollar, export creditfinance committee, finance company, finance minister, Funding systemGirard, gross profit, gross profit marginhigh financeindustrial bank, industrial loan company, insolvable, Intendant, International Finance CorporationJames Edward Meade, Jay Cookemargin, Meade, minister of financepart, procuratorquaestorrevenue bondsales finance company, section, security, small loan company, Stephen GirardTreasury noteunresolvable, unsoluble, unsolvable, utility bond, utility revenue bondWall St., Wall Street, war chest. (references)
Specialty definitions using "finance": ACCOUNTANT, BUDGET, ACFIN, ACIR, acquisition, development and construction loan, Advanced RISC Machines Ltd., African Development Bank, annual percentage rateBank for Cooperatives, Budget Bill, building loancall loans, carrying charges, Chinese walls, Commodity Import Programs, consolidated obligations, cost of carry, credit institutionsdirect investment, DISTRICT ADVISER, district director, Drinking Water State Revolving Fundelectronic commerce, EMPLOYMENT CLERK, Export Credit Guarantee ProgramsFarm Credit System, Federal discount rate, Federal Housing Finance Board, FINANCE, Finance Bill, finance charges, Finance Letter, finance subsidiary, floor planning loanGlobal Network Navigator, Group of FiveHOURindirect loan, industrial revenue bond, informal finance, Information Innovation, Information Management, Iron Maskjoint and several obligationlag risk, land development loan, Learning, Long WordsMANAGER, ADVERTISING AGENCY, Market Access Program, MATLAB, member of the board of directors, mineral economics, mobile home loan, money in circulation, money stock, mortgage revenue bonds, multidisciplinaryNFCother functionspackage provision, PACS, Pandemonium, piggy-back financing, Promotion programQuorumreal-estate agent, reception interviewer, Residential Finance Survey, Resolution Funding Corporation, Rural Electric CooperativesSALES AGENT, REAL ESTATE, SCHOOL-PLANT CONSULTANT, Section 32, SECTIONAL CENTER MANAGER, POSTAL SERVICE, Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1994, Special Facility for Africa, Special Facility for Sub-Saharan Africa, Subscription farming, Super 301, SUPERINTENDENT, SCHOOLS, supply of moneyThe World BankUSER REPRESENTATIVE, INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTINGvice-presidentWall, Watcom International. (references)
Etymologies containing "finance": Cancrinite. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Finance" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Czech (finance), French (finance, finances).

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Modern Usage: Finance

DomainUsage

Screenplays

And you're haggling over one hundred pound? What're you doing when you're not buying stereos Nick? Finance revolutions? (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Hey, this is with a typewriterit's from a finance company! (Stalag 17; writing credit: Donald Bevan; Edmund Trzcinski)

Ah, the jungle of finance. Men must work, and women must weep! (Midnight Lace; writing credit: Janet Green; Ivan Goff)

Two steps ahead of the finance company. (Limbo; writing credit: John Sayles)

Don Lucchesi, you are a man of finance and politics. (The Godfather: Part III; writing credit: Mario Puzo; Francis Ford Coppola)

Lyrics

To increase finance (Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler); performing artist: Marvin Gaye)

Clever

You are an engineer if the thought that a CD could refer to finance or music never enters your mind. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

High Finance (1956)

Finance noire (1943)

Les Gaîtés de la finance (1935)

High Finance (1933)

Frenzied Finance (1916)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Finance

DomainTitle

References

  • AIG Finance (Thailand) Public Company Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Alpha Finance SA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • China Bills Finance Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Chung Hsing Bills Finance Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Arab-Malaysian Finance Berhad: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Fundamentals of Multinational Finance (reference)

  • Multinational Business Finance (9th Edition) (reference)

  • International Finance: The Markets and Financial Management of Multinational Business (McGraw-Hill Series in Finance) (reference)

  • Interest Rate Models Theory and Practice: Theory and Practice (Springer Finance) (reference)

  • CPB authorization : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, September 12, 1994 (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Accounting Commerce & Finance The Islamic Perspective (reference)

  • Agricultural Finance Databook (reference)

  • Australian Institute Of Banking And Finance Membership (reference)

  • Consumer Finance Law Bulletin (reference)

  • Corporate Finance Review (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • The Standard Deviants - Learn Personal Finance (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Finance

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Finance

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Contract and finance specialists from the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Top Dollar 2000 team aim their 9mm guns at their targets during competition held Dec. 7 to 11 in Gulfport, Miss. (P.; photo by Lynn Gonzales)..

Master Sergeant Gayle Thomas and Hiroe Aoki, both members of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service-Japan, use a centralized disbursing system to verify yen payments to local vendors here. The mission of DFAS-J is to provide finance and accounting ser.

[European War 1914-1918, Group Portraits] : [Office of Chief Surgeon, Finance and Accounting Division Personnel].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Every man in this department of the Disabled American Veterans Idento Tag plant is a disabled war veteran at work assembling the miniature automobile license plates mailed every year to 30 million motorists. Proceeds finance the service program of the DAV.Credit: Library of Congress.

Robert Ferdinand Wagner, half-length portrait, seated facing right, testifying before the Senate Finance Committee.Credit: Library of Congress.

Etienne Clémentel, finance minister of france, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right.Credit: Library of Congress.

Liberty Finance Company. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Credit: Library of Congress.

United States news. Page with "The Finance Week".Credit: Library of Congress.

Katherine Meyer, daughter of Eugene Meyer, managing director of the War Finance Corp., snapped at the Riding and Hunt Club today on "Seewandda" an entry in the coming National Capital Horse Show.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Finance

AuthorQuotation

Honore De Balzac

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Mikhail A. Bakunin

In politics, as in high finance, duplicity is regarded as a virtue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Finance

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

A special Convention between France and Germany which shall be submitted to the approval of the Central Rhine Commission, will fix the details of this organisation, particularly as regards finance. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Finance

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

We turn that over to the finance company.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Finance

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Finance activities are akin to normal U.S. practices. (references)

Gradually the company transforms itself into finance company. (references)

These sectors also face inadequacies in enforcement and finance. (references)

Children

Algeria

The Government also attempts to finance specialized training, but this initiative remains rudimentary. (references)

Austria

Employers who do not meet this requirement must pay a fee to the Government, and the proceeds help finance services for the disabled such as training programs, wage subsidies, and workplace adaptations. (references)

India

Significant funding is provided to a few government organizations such as the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India, the National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation, and the Rehabilitation Council of India. (references)

Civil Liberties

Morocco

On November 14, security forces using clubs broke up a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Finance in Rabat. (references)

Cameroon

In the article, he linked the Minister of Economy and Finance to an embezzlement case without citing sources. (references)

Djibouti

The article questioned the legality of a monetary advance of $33,908 (6,000,000 DF) allocated to the Minister of Finance. (references)

Economic History

Hong Kong

They are not used to finance expenditures. (references)

Luxembourg

Citibank Luxembourg operations are in corporate finance. (references)

Chile

Nearly all of the funds raised go to finance investment. (references)

Human Rights

Portugal

An audit court is in the Ministry of Finance. (references)

Colombia

The seizure of financial documents revealed that legitimate businesses finance the right wing groups. (references)

Georgia

Saakashvili implemented a program in which scrap metal from prison facilities was sold to finance construction of this facility. (references)

Political Economy

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a major international trade and finance center. (references)

Kuwait

Receipts from oil sales finance 90 percent of the government budget. (references)

SWITZERLAND

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is independent from the Finance Ministry. (references)

Political Rights

Uganda

When the legislation is passed, it is submitted to the Ministry of Finance for allocation. (references)

East Timor

UNTAET officials headed the ministries of Internal Security, Justice, Political, Constitutional and Electoral Affairs, and Finance. (references)

East Timor

Three of the top positions in the ETPA cabinet are held by women: The Minister of Justice, the Minister of Finance, and the Secretary of Commission on Planning. (references)

Trade

Bulgaria

Global Finance has an office in Sofia. (references)

Cape Verde

How to Finance Exports/Methods of Payment. (references)

India

Export finance in India is reasonably liberal. (references)

Travel

Uk

Liberalization of business and industry has rewarded enterprise, and a new generation of professionals schooled in management, marketing and finance techniques has increasingly taken charge. (references)

Women

Finland

Industry and finance, the labor movement, and some government ministries remained male dominated. (references)

Vietnam

The Women's Union operates micro-credit consumer finance programs and other programs to promote the advancement of women. (references)

Worker Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

Although it did not finance the project, the Government did permit the prisoners to receive a salary from the NGO for their work. (references)

Denmark

In the public sector, collective bargaining is conducted between the employees' unions and a government group led by the Finance Ministry. (references)

Guyana

Unions are dissatisfied with a provision that grants the Ministry of Finance veto power over wage contracts negotiated by other ministries. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

WALL :STREET:, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven. Even the great and good Andrew Carnegie has made his profession of faith in the matter. Carnegie the dauntless has uttered his call To battle: "The brokers are parasites all!" Carnegie, Carnegie, you'll never prevail; Keep the wind of your slogan to belly your sail, Go back to your isle of perpetual brume, Silence your pibroch, doff tartan and plume: Ben Lomond is calling his son from the fray -- Fly, fly from the region of Wall Street away! While still you're possessed of a single baubee (I wish it were pledged to endowment of me) 'Twere wise to retreat from the wars of finance Lest its value decline ere your credit advance. For a man 'twixt a king of finance and the sea, Carnegie, Carnegie, your tongue is too free! Anonymus Bink

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Finance

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Jeffrey Skilling

Well, actually, in my first title, I was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of something called Enron Finance Corp. Probably, the best description would have been Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and only employee.

Rush Limbaugh

Soft money was invented by creative souls as a way around the current campaign finance structure.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Finance

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837The minister of finance in his opening speech alluded to the measures which had been adopted to resent the supposed indignity, and recommended the execution of the treaty as a measure required by the honor and justice of France.

Calvin Coolidge

1923-1929We can not finance the country, we can not improve social conditions, through any system of injustice, even if we attempt to inflict it upon the rich.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963In the end, the crucial effort is one of purpose, requiring the fuel of finance but also a torch of idealism.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001I ask you to pass campaign finance reform.

George W. Bush

2001-2005And we know that Iraq is continuing to finance terror and gives assistance to groups that use terrorism to undermine Middle East peace.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Finance

"Finance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 77.95% of the time. "Finance" is used about 5,603 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)77.95%4,3672,246
Lexical Verb (infinitive)17.99%1,0087,314
Lexical Verb (base form)3.98%22320,178
Noun (proper)0.09%5157,705
                    Total100.00%5,603N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Finance

CountryNameCountryName
China

Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co., Ltd

Denmark

International Plantations and Finance Limited

France

Artis Finance SA

Greece

Alpha Finance SA

Hong Kong

Oxford Properties & Finance Limited

India

Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited

Japan

Central Finance Co., Ltd.

Jordan

Jordan Islamic Bank for Finance and Investment

Malaysia

Arab-Malaysian Finance Berhad

Philippines

PCI Leasing and Finance Incorporated

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Finance

Expressions using "finance": bridging finance captive finance company commercial finance company consumer finance company finance bill finance capital finance committee finance company finance corps finance house finance manager finance minister finance official high finance informal finance international Finance Corporation international finance system look for finance minister of finance ministry of finance sales finance company world of finance. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "finance": finance-capitalist, finance-conscious, finance-directors, finance-driven, finance-led, finance-linked, finance-ministry, finance-plan, finance-related.

Ending with "finance": corporate-finance.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Finance

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
  ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  finance

17,279

  nyc department of finance

260

  yahoo finance

12,204

  structured finance

254

  personal finance

3,609

  household auto finance

249

  home finance

1,552

  new york state department of taxation and finance

245

  business and finance

1,312

  dept finance nyc

243

  household finance

1,038

  new york city department of finance

219

  american general finance

733

  finance career

198

  finance company

678

  beneficial finance

198

  auto finance

657

  finance yahoo.com

198

  finance calculator

497

  chase auto finance

196

  american honda finance

486

  project finance

194

  national finance center

478

  washington mutual finance

191

  corporate finance

465

  american honda finance corp

191

  finance job

443

  ministry of finance

186

  honda finance

430

  lycos finance

179

  conseco finance

415

  gmac finance

175

  car finance

407

  charter one auto finance

164

  chase automotive finance

396

  trade finance

161

  finance nyc.gov

392

  household automotive finance

155

  capital one auto finance

384

  ontario ministry of finance

147
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Finance

Language Translations for "finance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

financoj (back, bankroll, endow, fund), financë (money), të ardhura (gain, gainings, gains, income, increment, proceeds, return, yield), drejtoj financat. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مول (bankroll, capitalize, cash, enrich), ‏وجد موارد, ‏تمويل (investment), ‏تدبير الموارد المالية, ‏الموارد المالية. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

финансирам (fund, habilitate), финанси, набавяне на капитал, продавам на кредит. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

金融 (banking, financial), 财务 (finances, financing). (various references)

   

Czech

  

financovat (fund, support), finance. (various references)

   

Danish

  

finansieringsselskab tilknyttet et centralt organ (finance company affiliated to a central body), finansiering gennem den uformelle sektor (informal finance), finansieringsaftale (finance contract, loan, loan agreement), finansieringsselskab tilknyttet Centre national...Caisse nationale... osv. (finance company affiliated to the Centre national.../the Caisse nationale... etc.), finansieringsselskab tilknyttet en brancheorganisation (finance company belonging to a professional organization), Finansieringsudvalg (Finance Committees), finanslovforslag (Finance Bill, Tax Bill), finansveksel (accommodation bill, finance bill, financial bill, financial note, financial paper, kite, windmill), finansieringsselskab tilknyttet Chambre syndicale des banques populaires (finance company affiliated to the Chambre syndicale des banques populaires), kreditveksel (accommodation bill, finance bill, financial bill, financial note, financial paper, kite, windmill), tjenesteveksel (accommodation bill, cerf volant, fictitious bill, finance bill, financial bill, financial note, financial paper, fraudulent note, kite, wind bill, windmill), låneveksel (accommodation bill, finance bill, financial bill, financial note, financial paper, kite, windmill), akkomodationsveksel (accommodation bill, finance bill, financial bill, financial note, financial paper, kite, windmill), offentlige virksomheder hvis hovedfunktion bestaar i at finansiere (public entreprises engaged in finance), sektoren finansielle institutioner omfatter alle de institutionelle enheder,hvis hovedfunktion bestaar i at finansiere,dvs.indsamle,omdanne og fordele finansielle fordringer (the sector credit institutions consists of all institutional units which are principally engaged in finance, transform and distribute available funds), société de caution mutuelle,underlagt lov af 1917 (finance company affiliated to the Chambre syndicale des banques populaires), EU-initiativ for økonomisk støtte til partnerskabslande i Centraleuropa,indtil de når et niveau,hvor de selv vil være i stand til at varetage forpligtelser som medlemmer af Den Europæiske Union (European Union initiative providing grant finance to support its partner countries in central Europe to the stage where they are ready to assume the obligations of European Union membership, Phare), enkeltmandsforetagender hvis hovedfunktion bestaar i at finansiere (sole proprietorships and partnerships engaged in finance), EF-initiativ for økonomisk støtte til partnerskabslande i Centraleuropa, indtil de når et niveau, hvor de selv vil være i stand til at varetage forpligtelser som medlemmer af Den Europæiske Union (European Union initiative providing grant finance to support its partner countries in Central Europe to the stage where they are ready to assume the obligations of European Union membership, PHARE), Den Internationale Finansieringsinstitution (International Finance Corporation), de offentlige institutioner,som administrerer og finansierer en gruppe af aktiviteter,hovedsagelig af ikke-markedsmæssig karakter,der udføres til gavn for almenvellet (general government agencies which administer and finance a group of activities, intended for the benefit of the community, principally of a non-market nature). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

financieren, bekostigen (bear the cost of, defray the cost of, pay the expenses of). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

financo, financi. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

finanssitiede, rahoittaa. (various references)

   

French

  

financer, finance (finances). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

finansierje. (various references)

   

German

  

finanzieren (back, bankroll, bankrolling, fund, machinate, sponsor), finanziere, finanze. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χρηματοδοτώ (stake). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ממון (mammon, money, pelf), לממן (bankroll, funds), פי סים, כספים (funds). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

pénzügy. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

mendanai (fund), memfinasir, membiayai (defray), membelanjai (bear the expense of). (various references)

   

Italian

  

finanza (finances), sovvenzionare (subsidise, subsidize). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

融通 (accommodation, adaptability, lending, versatility). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ファイナンス , ざいせいがく, かいけい (account, accountant, bill, paymaster, reckoning, seascape, treasurer, tuber), りざい (economy), ゆうずう (accommodation, adaptability, energetically going forward, lending, spirited advance, versatility), ゆうづう (accommodation, adaptability, lending, versatility), けいざい (business, economics, economy, minor offense). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

경리 (finances). (various references)

   

Manx

  

reaghey argid da, argidys, argid (coinage, exchequer, money, silver, wages). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

finansiere (fund), finans. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inancefay

   

Portuguese

  

financiar (fund), finanças (financial). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

finanţa (financier, subsidize). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

управлять финансами, финансовое дело, финансировать (fund). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

finansirati (fund, sponsor), finansije (finances). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

finanzas (fin, finances), financiar (bankroll, fund, promote). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

finansiera. (various references)

   

Thai

  

การคลัง, จั"หาเงินทุนให้ (financier). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

finanse etmek (financier, sponsor, sustain), para sağlamak (accommodate smb. with money, pump money into, support, sustain), para durumu, maliye (exchequer, internal revenue office, revenue, revenue board, revenue office, treasury), mali durum (financial condition, financial situation, financial status). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

maliяeleзdirmek, maliяe. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

фінансувати (fund), грошові відносини, продавати в кредіт. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tiền của, t i chính. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Finance

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

fenera, fenerabis, fenerabit, fenerans, fenerantur, fenerare, fenerat, fenerator, feneratori, feneratur, feneraverunt, feneravi, feneravit, finis. (various references)

Medieval Latin700-1500

finis. (various references)

Middle French1400-1600

finance. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Finance

Derivations

Words beginning with "finance": financed, finances. (additional references)

Words ending with "finance": cofinance, prefinance, refinance. (additional references)

Words containing "finance": cofinanced, cofinances, prefinanced, prefinances, refinanced, refinances, underfinanced. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Finance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Efibanca, Fayance, finace, finacee, finan, finanace, financal, financee, financi, Finansa, finice, Finjan. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Finance"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "finance" (pronounced funa"ns or fī"na'ns)
6f u n a" n srefinance.
4-n a" n sNance.
3-a" n sadvance, askance, chance, dance, enhance, expanse, glance, Hance, lance, prance, Rance, romance, stance, trance.
3-a' n scircumstance, freelance, happenstance.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Finance

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-i-n-n"

-1 letter: canine, cannie, encina, fiance.

-2 letters: inane, nance.

-3 letters: acne, cafe, cain, cane, cine, face, fain, fane, fice, fine, naif, neif, nice, nine.

-4 letters: ace, ain, ane, ani, can, fan, fen, fie, fin, ice, inn, nae, nan.

-5 letters: ae, ai, an, ef, en, fa, if, in, na, ne.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-f-i-n-n"
 

+1 letter: enfacing, financed, finances.

 

+2 letters: cofinance, falconine, fanciness, financier, infancies, refinance.

 

+3 letters: cofinanced, cofinances, confidante, financiers, prefinance, refinanced, refinances.

 

+4 letters: benefaction, confidantes, enfranchise, fancinesses, fecundating, fecundation, finicalness, franticness, freelancing, infanticide, interfacing, magnificent, prefinanced, prefinances, refinancing, unaffecting.

 

+5 letters: benefactions, conferential, confessional, confidential, disinfectant, enfranchised, enfranchises, fancifulness, fecundations, frankincense, infanticides, inflectional, interfacings, magnificence, prefinancing, significance, somnifacient, transfecting, transfection.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Finance


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 69 6E 61 6E 63 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-.    ..    -.    .-    -.    -.-.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01101001 01101110 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#105 &#110 &#97 &#110 &#99 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0069 006E 0061 006E 0063 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

40758067806971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Quotations: Spoken
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Names: Company Usage
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Abbreviations
21. Acronyms
22. Derivations
23. Rhymes
24. Anagrams
25. Orthography
26. Bibliography


  

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