FINANCES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does finances mean? 

• FINANCES (noun)
  The noun FINANCES has 1 sense:

1. assets in the form of money

  Familiarity information: FINANCES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FINANCES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assets in the form of money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

cash in hand; finances; funds; monetary resource; pecuniary resource

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

assets (anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company)

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

bank (the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games)

purse strings (financial resources or support)

bankroll; roll (a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.))

pocket (a supply of money)

Medicaid funds (public funds used to pay for Medicaid)

exchequer; treasury (the funds of a government or institution or individual)

money supply (the total stock of money in the economy; currency held by the public plus money in accounts in banks)

escrow funds (funds held in escrow)

matching funds (funds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources)

 Context examples 

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

(Concern About Finances, NCI Thesaurus)

One very difficult day for your finances might be November 24, when Mars opposes Uranus.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

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

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

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)

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

(Divorce, NIH)

I remember two pudding shops, between which I was divided, according to my finances.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Organize his/her finances to pay his/her bills (checks, bank statement, bills)?

(DAD - Organize Finances to Pay Bills, NCI Thesaurus)

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)

A standardized questionnaire developed by Pfeiffer et al in 1982 and adapted by National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC), 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-NACC Version, NCI Thesaurus)