finances Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun assets in the form of money
   funds; cash in hand; pecuniary resource; monetary resource.
   
2. noun the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
   finance.
   
3. noun the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
   finance.
   
4. noun the management of money and credit and banking and investments
   finance.
   
5. verb obtain or provide money for
   finance.
   
   • Can we finance the addition to our home?
6. verb sell or provide on credit
   finance.
   

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