FINANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does finance mean? 

• FINANCE (noun)
  The noun FINANCE has 3 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: FINANCE used as a noun is uncommon.

• FINANCE (verb)
  The verb FINANCE has 2 senses:

1. obtain or provide money for

2. sell or provide on credit

  Familiarity information: FINANCE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FINANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The commercial activity of providing funds and capital

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("finance" is a kind of...):

business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "finance"):

corporate finance (the financial activities of corporation)

financing; funding (the act of financing)

high finance (large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical))

investing; investment (the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit)

floatation; flotation (financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares)

banking (transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.)

Derivation:

finance (obtain or provide money for)

finance (sell or provide on credit)

financial (involving financial matters)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("finance" is a kind of...):

economic science; economics; political economy (the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management)

Domain member category:

quaestor (any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration))

short (without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold)

short (not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices)

long (holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices)

accumulation ((finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation)

capital account ((finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date)

finance (the management of money and credit and banking and investments)

Derivation:

finance (obtain or provide money for)

financial (involving financial matters)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The management of money and credit and banking and investments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("finance" is a kind of...):

direction; management (the act of managing something)

Domain category:

finance (the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "finance"):

banking (engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.)

Derivation:

finance (obtain or provide money for)

finance (sell or provide on credit)

financial (involving financial matters)

• FINANCE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they finance    ... he / she / it finances   
Past simple: financed   
Past participle: financed   
-ing form: financing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Obtain or provide money for

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

Can we finance the addition to our home?

Hypernyms (to "finance" is one way to...):

pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "finance"):

seed (help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money)

back (support financial backing for)

refinance (renew the financing of)

fund (convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue finance the movie

Derivation:

finance (the commercial activity of providing funds and capital)

finance (the management of money and credit and banking and investments)

finance (the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets)

financing (the act of financing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sell or provide on credit

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "finance" is one way to...):

credit (accounting: enter as credit)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

finance (the commercial activity of providing funds and capital)

finance (the management of money and credit and banking and investments)

 Context examples 

You can streamline your finances quite efficiently after the new moon of January 24 in Aquarius.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Research shows that men seem to be more sensitive to certain stressors in their environment compared to women, such as those related to work and finances.

(Depression - men far more at risk than women in deprived areas, University of Cambridge)

There is this myth that finance ministers still live by, that you have to let industry pollute or else you won’t develop.

(Pollution is the World’s No. 1 Killer, VOA)

A question about an individual's distress related to their practical problems with insurance or finances.

(Distress over Practical Problem with Insurance or Finances, NCI Thesaurus)

It affects finances, living arrangements, household jobs, schedules, and more.

(Divorce, NIH)

A standardized questionnaire developed by Pfeiffer et al in 1982, which is used to measure instrumental activities of daily living such as preparing meals and managing personal finances in older adults with dementia.

(Functional Activities Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Show an interest in his/her personal affairs such as his/her finances and written correspondence?

(DAD - Show an Interest in Personal Affairs such as Finances and Written Correspondence, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual has or had concerns about finances.

(Concern About Finances, NCI Thesaurus)

An entity such as an individual, company, institution, group, or organization which takes responsibility for the initiation, management, and/or financing of a clinical study.

(Clinical Study Sponsor, NCI Thesaurus)

An entity that is responsible for the initiation, management, and/or financing of a clinical study.

(Clinical Study Sponsor, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)