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fiancé (fee" ahn SAY, fee AHN say) (noun)
A man who is engaged to be married: The young lady said, "Let me introduce you to my fiancé."
fiancée (fee" ahn SAY, fee AHN say) (noun)
A woman who is engaged to be married: Bryan introduced his fiancée to his relatives.
finance (fuh NANS, FIGH nans") (noun)
The way in which money is used and handled: Chad will be taking a university course on personal finance so he can become a specialist in personal investments.
finance (fuh NANS, FIGH nans") (verb)
To buy something by borrowing funds that will be paid back over a period of time: Greta had to take on a loan so she could finance the purchase of a new car.
My fiancé, who works in the finance sector of the economy, introduced me to his family as his fiancée.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group F; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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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.
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.