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finance
has definitions from the fields of finance,business,economics,accounting
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[ verb ] (finance) obtain or provide money for
Examples "Can we finance the addition to our home?" Used in print (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)SBA loans , which may be made to small manufacturers , small business pools , wholesalers , retailers , service establishments and other small businesses ( when financing is not otherwise available to them on reasonable terms ) , are to finance business construction , conversion , or expansion ; the purchase of equipment , facilities , machinery , supplies , or materials ; or to supply working_capital . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)He was sure that he could do better if he went_to Atlanta to get the deal financed . |
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[ noun ] (finance,business) the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)The interior_designer , then , must first be an artist but also understand carpentry and painting and lighting and plumbing and finance . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)Finally , a balance must be effected among project finance , utilization of agricultural surpluses , and general balance_of_payments support . |
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[ verb ] (accounting) sell or provide on credit
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[ noun ] (economics) the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
Related terms economics long short quaestor capital_account accumulation short |
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[ noun ] (business) the management of money and credit and banking and investments
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