finance

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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɪˈnæns/
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• /ˈfaɪnæns/
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• /faɪˈnæns/
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• rhymes with -æns
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• CMU ARPABET: F AH0 N AE1 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English finaunce, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French finance, from finer (“to pay ransom”) (whence also English fine (“to pay a penalty”)), from fin (“end”), from Latin fīnis. Original English sense that appeared c. 1400 was “ending”. The sense of “ending or satisfying a debt” originated from French influence: in the sense of “ransom” appeared in the mid 15th century, in the sense of “taxation” appeared in the late 15th century. In the sense of “manage money” first recorded c. 1770.

163 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: financë — management of money and other assets
• Arabic: تَمْوِيل (tamwīl) — management of money and other assets
• Arabic: مَالِيَّة (māliyya) — management of money and other assets
• Arabic: مَوَّل (mawwal) — management of money and other assets
• Arabic: مَال (māl) — management of money and other assets
• Armenian: ֆինանսներ (finansner) — management of money and other assets
• Azerbaijani: maliyyə — management of money and other assets
• Belarusian: фіна́нсы (finánsy) — management of money and other assets
• Bulgarian: фина́нси (finánsi) — management of money and other assets
• Burmese: ဘဏ္ဍာ (bhanda) — management of money and other assets
• Burmese: ဘဏ္ဍာရေး (bhandare:) — management of money and other assets
• Catalan: finances — management of money and other assets
• Chinese Mandarin: 財政 /财政 (cáizhèng) — management of money and other assets
• Chinese Mandarin: 金融 (jīnróng) — management of money and other assets
• Czech: finance — management of money and other assets
• Danish: finanser — management of money and other assets
• Dutch: financiën — management of money and other assets
• Esperanto: financoj — management of money and other assets
• Esperanto: monaj aferoj — management of money and other assets
• Estonian: rahandus — management of money and other assets
• Finnish: rahoitus — management of money and other assets
• Finnish: varainhoito — management of money and other assets
• French: finance — management of money and other assets
• Galician: finanzas — management of money and other assets
• Georgian: ფინანსები (pinansebi) — management of money and other assets
• German: Finanz — management of money and other assets
• German: Finanzen — management of money and other assets
• German: Geldwesen — management of money and other assets
• Greek: χρηματοοικονομικά (chrimatooikonomiká) — management of money and other assets
• Hebrew: כְּסָפִים (ksafím) — management of money and other assets
• Hindi: वित्त (vitt) — management of money and other assets
• Hungarian: pénzügyek — management of money and other assets
• Icelandic: fjármál — management of money and other assets
• Indonesian: keuangan — management of money and other assets
• Italian: finanza — management of money and other assets
• Japanese: 財政 (zaisei) — management of money and other assets
• Japanese: 金融 (kin'yū) — management of money and other assets
• Japanese: ファイナンス (fainansu) — management of money and other assets
• Kazakh: қаржы (qarjy) — management of money and other assets
• Khmer: ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ (heraññĕəʼvŏətthoʼ) — management of money and other assets
• Korean: 재정 (jaejeong) — management of money and other assets
• Korean: 금융 (geumnyung) — management of money and other assets
• Northern Kurdish: malî — management of money and other assets
• Kyrgyz: каржы (karjı) — management of money and other assets
• Lao: ການເງິນ (kān ngœn) — management of money and other assets
• Latvian: finanses — management of money and other assets
• Lithuanian: finansai — management of money and other assets
• Macedonian: финансии (finansii) — management of money and other assets
• Malay: kewangan — management of money and other assets
• Manx: argidys — management of money and other assets
• Marathi: वित्तव्यवस्था (vittavyavasthā) — management of money and other assets
• Mongolian: санхүү (sanxüü) — management of money and other assets
• Norwegian Bokmål: finanser — management of money and other assets
• Pashto: ماليه (mālyá) — management of money and other assets
• Iranian Persian: مالِیِّه (mâliyye) — management of money and other assets
• Polish: finanse — management of money and other assets
• Portuguese: finanças — management of money and other assets
• Romanian: finanţa — management of money and other assets
• Russian: фина́нсы (finánsy) — management of money and other assets
• Serbo-Croatian: фина̀нције — management of money and other assets
• Serbo-Croatian: фина̀нсије — management of money and other assets
• Serbo-Croatian: finàncije — management of money and other assets
• Serbo-Croatian: finànsije — management of money and other assets
• Slovak: financie — management of money and other assets
• Slovene: finance — management of money and other assets
• Spanish: finanza — management of money and other assets
• Swedish: finans — management of money and other assets
• Tagalog: pananalapi — management of money and other assets
• Tajik: молия (moliya) — management of money and other assets
• Thai: การเงิน (gaan-ngən) — management of money and other assets
• Tibetan: དངུལ་རྩིས (dngul rtsis) — management of money and other assets
• Turkish: maliye — management of money and other assets
• Turkish: finans — management of money and other assets
• Turkmen: maliýe — management of money and other assets
• Ukrainian: фіна́нси (finánsy) — management of money and other assets
• Urdu: فِنانْس (fināns) — management of money and other assets
• Urdu: مالِیات (māliyāt) — management of money and other assets
• Uyghur: مۇئامىلە (mu'amile) — management of money and other assets
• Uyghur: مالىيە (maliye) — management of money and other assets
• Uzbek: moliya — management of money and other assets
• Uzbek: mablagʻ — management of money and other assets
• Vietnamese: tài chính — management of money and other assets
• Welsh: cyllid — management of money and other assets
• Yiddish: פֿינאַנץ (finants) — management of money and other assets
• Azerbaijani: maliyyə — science of management of money and other assets
• Bulgarian: фина́нси (finánsi) — science of management of money and other assets
• Dutch: financiën — science of management of money and other assets
• Finnish: rahoitus — science of management of money and other assets
• Finnish: rahoitusoppi — science of management of money and other assets
• Finnish: finanssioppi — science of management of money and other assets
• French: finance — science of management of money and other assets
• German: Finanzwissenschaft — science of management of money and other assets
• German: Geldwissenschaft — science of management of money and other assets
• German: Geldwesen — science of management of money and other assets
• Gujarati: નાણાંશાસ્ત્ર (nāṇā̃śāstra) — science of management of money and other assets
• Hebrew: כְּסָפִים (ksafím) — science of management of money and other assets
• Italian: finanza — science of management of money and other assets
• Khmer: ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ (heraññĕəʼvŏətthoʼ) — science of management of money and other assets
• Iranian Persian: اِقْتِصاد (eġtesâd) — science of management of money and other assets
• Portuguese: finanças — science of management of money and other assets
• Russian: фина́нсы (finánsy) — science of management of money and other assets
• Tagalog: palasalapian — science of management of money and other assets
• Turkish: maliye — science of management of money and other assets
• Armenian: ֆինանսներ (finansner) — monetary resources
• Bulgarian: фина́нси (finánsi) — monetary resources
• Dutch: financiën — monetary resources
• Finnish: varat — monetary resources
• Finnish: rahavarat — monetary resources
• German: Finanzen — monetary resources
• Greek: χρηματοοικονομικά (chrimatooikonomiká) — monetary resources
• Hebrew: מימון (mimún) — monetary resources
• Hebrew: כספים (ksafím) — monetary resources
• Hebrew: הון (hon) — monetary resources
• Icelandic: efnahagur — monetary resources
• Icelandic: fjárhagur — monetary resources
• Italian: finanze — monetary resources
• Marathi: वित्तपुरवठा (vittapuravṭhā) — monetary resources
• Marathi: वित्तीय साधन (vittīy sādhan) — monetary resources
• Portuguese: finanças — monetary resources
• Russian: фина́нсы (finánsy) — monetary resources
• Tagalog: pananalapi — monetary resources
• Yiddish: פֿינאַנצן (finantsn) — monetary resources
• Arabic: مَوَّل (mawwal) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Armenian: ֆինանսավորել (finansavorel) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Belarusian: фінансава́ць (finansavácʹ) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Belarusian: прафінансава́ць (prafinansavácʹ) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Bulgarian: финанси́рам (finansíram) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Catalan: finançar — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 撥款 /拨款 (bōkuǎn) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 支付 (zhīfù) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Czech: financovat — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Danish: finansiere — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Dutch: financieren — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Esperanto: financi — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Esperanto: monsubteni — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Faroese: fíggja — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Finnish: rahoittaa — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• French: financer — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Galician: financiar — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• German: finanzieren — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Greek: χρηματοδοτώ (chrimatodotó) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Hebrew: מימן — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Irish: maoinigh — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Italian: finanziare — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Japanese: 融資する (yūshi suru) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Japanese: 資金を調達する (shikin o chōtatsu suru) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Korean: 융자하다 (yungjahada) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Korean: 융통하다 (yungtonghada) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Korean: 꾸다 (kkuda) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Macedonian: финанси́ра (finansíra) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Occitan: finançar — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Polish: finansować — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Polish: sfinansować — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Portuguese: financiar — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Russian: финанси́ровать (finansírovatʹ) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Russian: профинанси́ровать (profinansírovatʹ) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Slovak: financovať — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Spanish: financiar — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Swedish: finansiera — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Turkish: akçelemek — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Turkish: finanse etmek — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Ukrainian: фінансува́ти (finansuváty) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking
• Ukrainian: профінансува́ти (profinansuváty) — to obtain or provide funding for a transaction or undertaking