/ faɪˈnænsiə(r); fə-; NAmE ˌfɪnənˈsɪr/ noun
a person who lends large amounts of money to businesses
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from French , from finance , from finer make an end, settle a debt, from fin end, from Latin finis end (in medieval Latin denoting a sum paid on settling a lawsuit).