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noun | verb financefinance1 /fəˈnæns, ˈfaɪnæns/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun social studies, economics ETYMOLOGYfinance1Origin: 1300-1400 French finer to end, settle (a debt) ► personal finance articles on personal finance (=managing your own bank accounts, etc.) 1[uncountable] the management of money, especially money controlled by a government, company, or large organization: corporate finance and budgeting articles on personal finance (=managing your own bank accounts, etc.)2finances [plural] the money that a person, company, organization, etc. has available, or the way this money is managed: the school’s finances Mason is going to help me straighten out my finances.3[uncountable] money provided by a bank, organization, etc. to help buy or do something SYN funding: campaign finance laws [Origin: 1300–1400 French finer to end, settle (a debt)] noun | verb financefinance2 AWL verb [transitive] social studies, economics VERB TABLEfinance |
| Present | I, you, we, they | finance | | he, she, it | finances | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | financed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have financed | | he, she, it | has financed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had financed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will finance | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have financed |
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| Present | I | am financing | | he, she, it | is financing | | you, we, they | are financing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was financing | | you, we, they | were financing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been financing | | he, she, it | has been financing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been financing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be financing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been financing |
THESAURUSgive money► pay to give someone money for something you are buying: They ran off without paying. ► spend to use your money to buy or pay for something: He spent $75 on a new pair of shoes. ► refund if a business refunds a customer’s money, the business gives back the money the customer paid for something, especially because the customer is not satisfied with it: I took the phone back because it didn’t work, and the store refunded my money. ► tip to give an additional amount of money to someone who has done a job for you, as a way of thanking him or her: I usually tip waiters and waitresses 15% of the bill. ► reimburse to give someone the amount of money he or she paid to someone else: The company will reimburse me for the cost of travel to the conference. ► compensate to pay someone money because he or she has been injured or lost something important, or because his or her property has been damaged: The workers are asking to be compensated for injuries that they suffered at work. ► finance to provide the money needed to pay for something important or expensive, especially by doing something to earn or collect that money: The government used money from taxes to finance the construction of the tunnel. 1to provide money, especially a large amount of money, to pay for something SYN fund: research financed by the Foundation► see thesaurus at pay12[transitive] to make an arrangement to pay for something over a long period of time: We financed the new house through the credit union. |