Fi*nance" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Financed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Financing.]
To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier.
Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous undertakings.
B. H. Chamberlain.
Fi*nance" (?), n. [F., fr. LL. financia payment of money, money, fr. finare
to pay a fine or subsidy (cf. OF. finer to finish, pay), fr. L. finis end. See Fine, n., Finish.]
1. The income of
a ruler or of a state; revenue; public money; sometimes, the income of
an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources.
All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown.
Bacon. 2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue. "Versed in the
details of finance."
Macaulay.
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