I. |finən|si(ə)r, fə̇|nan|-, fə̇|naan|-, -|siə also |fīˌna(a)n|- or |fiˌna(a)n|- or |fīnən|-, chiefly Brit fīˈnansiə(r) or fiˈnansiə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from finance + -ier -er
1.
a. obsolete : an officer who administers the public revenues
b. : a large-scale investor : capitalist
c. : a person who undertakes to secure large funds for a government or business : investment banker
2. obsolete : a receiver, farmer, or administrator of public taxes in France before the Revolution
II. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to conduct financial operations often by sharp, ruthless, or reprehensible practices
put an end to such financiering and unhallowed practices — Hartley Withers
cold-eyed financiering — Carlos Baker