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: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
 

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 income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources. [1913 Webster]

All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue. "Versed in the details of finance." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

79 Moby Thesaurus words for "finance": accounting, acknowledge, afford support, aid, angel, assets, assist, back, bank, banking, bankroll, bear, bear out, bear the expense, bear up, bolster, bolster up, business, buttress, capital, capitalize, cash, chip in, commerce, crutch, defray, defray expenses, economics, finances, foot the bill, fund, funds, give support, go Dutch, grubstake, help, hold up, holdings, honor a bill, invest in, investment, keep, lend support, maintain, money, patronize, pay for, pay the bill, pay the bills, pay the piper, pension, pension off, promote, prop, prop up, provide for, redeem, refinance, reinforce, resources, set up, shore, shore up, sponsor, stake, stand the costs, subsidize, subvene, subvention, subventionize, support, sustain, undergird, underwrite, upbear, uphold, upkeep, wealth, wherewithal

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

finance

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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; revennue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources.

All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. --Bacon.

2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue. ``Versed in the details of finance.'' --Macaulay.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)