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)