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finance (s) (noun), finances (pl)
1. The business or art of managing the monetary resources of an organization, a country, or an individual person: The former economics professor was appointed as manager of finances for his university.
2. The money necessary to do something; especially, to fund a project: The sports organization applied to the bank for finances to buy new equipment.
3. That branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets: Mr. Carry specialized in bank finances during his term as an auditor.
4. Etymology: "an end," from Middle French finance, "ending, settlement of a debt"; from Medieval Latin [700 to 1500] finis, "a payment in settlement, a fine or a tax", from Latin finis, "end". The notion is of "ending" (by satisfying) something that is due.
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