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finance noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French = end, payment, money, from finer make an end, settle, etc., from fin end. The senses now current are from mod. French.]
Ending, an end. rare. LME-E17.
Payment of a debt; compensation; a ransom. LME-L16.
Supply (of goods); stock of money. L15-E16.
A tax; taxation; revenue. L15-L17.
Borrowing of money at interest. M16-E18.
In pl. The monetary resources of a monarch, State, company, or individual. M18.
The management of (esp. public) money; the science of levying and applying revenue. L18.
high finance: see HIGH adjective.
Comb.: finance company, finance house a company mainly concerned with providing money for hire-purchase transactions.
financist noun = FINANCIER noun 1 L19.