I.
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 ~
▪ long-term , medium-term , short-term
▪ joint
▪ external
▪ international
▪ private , public
▪ private-sector , public-sector
▪ bridging ( BrE )
▪
You may require bridging ~ until the sale of your own property is completed.
▪ debt , loan ( esp. BrE )
▪ equity
▪ bank
▪
the availability of bank ~ for small businesses
▪ housing , mortgage , real estate ( AmE )
▪ structured
VERB + FINANCE
▪ allocate , provide
▪ need , require
FINANCE + VERB
▪ be available
▪
the ~ available to local government
▪ arrange , get , obtain , raise
▪
She struggled to get the necessary ~ for her training.
FINANCE + NOUN
▪ company , house ( BrE )
▪ industry , sector
▪
The banking and ~ sector was booming.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for ( esp. BrE )
▪
Several banks are providing ~ for the project.
PHRASES
▪ a source of ~
2 managing money
ADJECTIVE
▪ high
▪
the world of high ~ (= finance involving large companies or countries)
▪ company , corporate
▪ government , local-government , public , state
▪ consumer , personal
▪
that most emotive of personal ~ issues—taxation
▪ global , international
FINANCE + NOUN
▪ director , minister , officer
▪
Local government ~ officers found the tax very difficult to administer.
▪ committee , department
3 finances money available
ADJECTIVE
▪ healthy , sound (both esp. BrE )
▪
Our family ~s are not very healthy at the moment.
▪ tight
▪ precarious
▪
The company's ~s are looking a little precarious.
▪ company
▪ government , public , state
▪ family , household , personal , private
▪ campaign ( AmE )
VERB + FINANCES
▪ have
▪
We don't have the ~s to throw a big party.
▪ lack
▪ control , deal with , handle , manage , plan , run
▪
how to plan your ~s for a comfortable retirement
▪ get in order , keep in order , sort out ( esp. BrE )
▪
The company was under pressure to get its ~s 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 ~s.
FINANCES + VERB
▪ be a mess ( esp. AmE ), be in a mess ( esp. BrE )
▪
Their ~s are (in) a mess.
PHRASES
▪ the state of sb's ~s
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ entirely , wholly
▪ largely , mainly
▪ partially , partly
▪ privately , publicly
▪
The new roads will be ~d privately.
▪ jointly
▪
The project was ~d jointly by the British and French governments.
▪ directly
▪ properly ( esp. BrE ), well
▪
the introduction of a properly ~d system
VERB + FINANCE
▪ help (to)
▪ be needed to , be required to
▪
the money needed to ~ 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