n. & v.
--n.
1. the management of (esp. public) money.
2 monetary support for an enterprise.
3 (in pl.) the money resources of a State, company, or person.
--v.tr. provide capital for (a person or enterprise).
Phrases and idioms:
finance company (or house) a company concerned mainly with providing money for hire-purchase transactions.
Etymology: ME f. OF f. finer settle a debt f. fin end: see FINE(2)