transcription, транскрипция: [ faɪnæns, fɪnæns ]
( finances, financing, financed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
When someone finances something such as a project or a purchase, they provide the money that is needed to pay for them.
The fund has been used largely to finance the construction of federal prisons...
Government expenditure is financed by taxation and by borrowing.
= fund
VERB : V n , be V-ed by n
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Finance is also a noun.
A United States delegation is in Japan seeking finance for a major scientific project.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Finance is the commercial or government activity of managing money, debt, credit, and investment.
...a major player in the world of high finance...
The report recommends an overhaul of public finances...
A former Finance Minister and five senior civil servants are accused of fraud.
N-UNCOUNT : also N in pl
3.
You can refer to the amount of money that you have and how well it is organized as your finances .
Be prepared for unexpected news concerning your finances...
Finance is usually the biggest problem for students.
N-UNCOUNT : also N in pl , oft with poss