finance

finance
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noun
1 (AmE usually financing) money needed to fund sth
ADJECTIVE
cheap (= borrowed at low interest)
necessary
additional, extra (BrE), further (BrE)

the need to obtain additional finance

long-term, medium-term, short-term
joint
external
international
private, public
private-sector, public-sector
bridging (BrE)

You may require bridging finance until the sale of your own property is completed.

debt, loan (esp. BrE)
equity
bank

the availability of bank finance for small businesses

housing, mortgage, real estate (AmE)
structured
VERB + FINANCE
allocate, provide
need, require
FINANCE + VERB
be available

the finance available to local government

arrange, get, obtain, raise

She struggled to get the necessary finance for her training.

FINANCE + NOUN
company, house (BrE)
industry, sector

The banking and finance sector was booming.

PREPOSITION
finance for (esp. BrE)

Several banks are providing finance for the project.

PHRASES
a source of finance
2 managing money
ADJECTIVE
high

the world of high finance (= finance involving large companies or countries)

company, corporate
government, local-government, public, state
consumer, personal

that most emotive of personal finance issues—taxation

global, international
FINANCE + NOUN
director, minister, officer

Local government finance officers found the tax very difficult to administer.

committee, department
3 finances money available
ADJECTIVE
healthy, sound (both esp. BrE)

Our family finances are not very healthy at the moment.

tight
precarious

The company's finances are looking a little precarious.

company
government, public, state
family, household, personal, private
campaign (AmE)
VERB + FINANCES
have

We don't have the finances to throw a big party.

lack
control, deal with, handle, manage, plan, run

how to plan your finances for a comfortable retirement

get in order, keep in order, sort out (esp. BrE)

The company was under pressure to get its finances in order.

bolster (esp. AmE), boost (esp. BrE), improve
be a drain on, put a strain on, strain, stretch (esp. BrE)

Buying a new car need not put a strain on your finances.

FINANCES + VERB
be a mess (esp. AmE), be in a mess (esp. BrE)

Their finances are (in) a mess.

PHRASES
the state of sb's finances
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verb
ADVERB
entirely, wholly
largely, mainly
partially, partly
privately, publicly

The new roads will be financed privately.

jointly

The project was financed jointly by the British and French governments.

directly
properly (esp. BrE), well

the introduction of a properly financed system

VERB + FINANCE
help (to)
be needed to, be required to

the money needed to finance the redevelopment

be used to
Finance is used with these nouns as the object: ↑campaign, ↑deficit, ↑development, ↑education, ↑expansion, ↑expedition, ↑expenditure, health service, ↑import, ↑programme, ↑project, ↑retirement, ↑scheme, ↑spending, ↑venture

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  • finance — [ finɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1283 « paiement, rançon », puis « argent »; du v. finer « payer », altér. de finir « mener à fin, venir à bout » 1 ♦ Vx Ressources pécuniaires. ⇒ argent, ressource. Mod. Loc. MOYENNANT FINANCE : en échange d argent. Au plur.,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • finance — FINANCE. s. f. Argent comptant. En ce sens il n a guere d usage que dans le style familier & en plaisanterie. Il est un peu court de finance. il n a pas grande finance. Finance, La somme d argent qui se paye aux coffres du Roy, soit pour la levée …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • finance — fi·nance 1 n 1 pl: money or other liquid resources of a government, business, group, or individual 2: the system that includes the circulation of money, the granting of credit, the making of investments, and the provision of banking facilities 3 …   Law dictionary

  • Finance — Fi*nance , n. [F., fr. LL. financia payment of money, money, fr. finare to pay a fine or subsidy (cf. OF. finer to finish, pay), fr. L. finis end. See {Fine}, n., {Finish}.] 1. The income of a ruler or of a state; revenue; public money; sometimes …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Finance — Fi*nance , v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Financed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Financing}.] To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier. Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous undertakings. B. H. Chamberlain …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Finance — Nom porté dans les Vosges et le Haut Rhin. C est un toponyme qui désigne une limite de territoire. Un hameau de l Yonne s appelle la Finance (commune de Piffonds). M.T. Morlet signale un lieu dit à Escles (88) …   Noms de famille

  • finance — [n] economic affairs accounts, banking, business, commerce, economics, financial affairs, investment, money, money management; concepts 360,770 finance [v] offer loan money; set up in business back, bank, bankroll, capitalize, endow, float*, fund …   New thesaurus

  • finance — [fī′nans΄, fə nans′] n. [ME finaunce, a fine, forfeit < OFr finance, wealth, revenue < finer, to end, settle accounts, pay ransom < fin: see FINE2] 1. [pl.] the money resources, income, etc. of a nation, organization, or person 2. the… …   English World dictionary

  • financé — financé, ée (fi nan sé, sée) part. passé. Payé au roi pour l acquisition d une charge. Une somme financée …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • financé — Financé, [financ]ée. part …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • finance — ► NOUN 1) the management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies. 2) monetary support for an enterprise. 3) (finances) monetary resources. ► VERB ▪ provide funding for. ORIGIN Old French, from finer settle a debt …   English terms dictionary

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