Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun finances
1 sense of finances
Sense 1
funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource -- (assets in the form of money)
=> assets -- (anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun finance
3 senses of finance
Sense 1
finance -- (the commercial activity of providing funds and capital)
=> commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business -- (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business")
Sense 2
finance -- (the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets)
=> economics, economic science, political economy -- (the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management)
Sense 3
finance -- (the management of money and credit and banking and investments)
=> management, direction -- (the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb finance
2 senses of finance
Sense 1
finance -- (obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?")
=> pay -- (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please")
Sense 2
finance -- (sell or provide on credit)
=> credit -- (accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with $100")