finance
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 (AmE usually financing) money needed to fund sthADJECTIVE▪ cheap (= borrowed at low interest)▪ necessary▪ additional, extra (BrE), further (BrE)▪
the need to obtain additional finance
▪ long-term, medium-term, short-term▪ joint▪ external▪ international▪ private, public▪ private-sector, public-sector▪ bridging (BrE)▪You may require bridging finance until the sale of your own property is completed.
▪ debt, loan (esp. BrE)▪ equity▪ bank▪the availability of bank finance for small businesses
▪ housing, mortgage, real estate (AmE)▪ structuredVERB + FINANCE▪ allocate, provide▪ need, requireFINANCE + VERB▪ be available▪the finance available to local government
▪ arrange, get, obtain, raise▪She struggled to get the necessary finance for her training.
FINANCE + NOUN▪ company, house (BrE)▪ industry, sector▪The banking and finance sector was booming.
PREPOSITION▪ finance for (esp. BrE)▪Several banks are providing finance for the project.
PHRASES▪ a source of finance2 managing moneyADJECTIVE▪ high▪the world of high finance (= finance involving large companies or countries)
▪ company, corporate▪ government, local-government, public, state▪ consumer, personal▪that most emotive of personal finance issues—taxation
▪ global, internationalFINANCE + NOUN▪ director, minister, officer▪Local government finance officers found the tax very difficult to administer.
▪ committee, department3 finances money availableADJECTIVE▪ healthy, sound (both esp. BrE)▪Our family finances are not very healthy at the moment.
▪ tight▪ precarious▪The company's finances are looking a little precarious.
▪ company▪ government, public, state▪ family, household, personal, private▪ campaign (AmE)VERB + FINANCES▪ have▪We don't have the finances to throw a big party.
▪ lack▪ control, deal with, handle, manage, plan, run▪how to plan your finances for a comfortable retirement
▪ get in order, keep in order, sort out (esp. BrE)▪The company was under pressure to get its finances in order.
▪ bolster (esp. AmE), boost (esp. BrE), improve▪ be a drain on, put a strain on, strain, stretch (esp. BrE)▪Buying a new car need not put a strain on your finances.
FINANCES + VERB▪ be a mess (esp. AmE), be in a mess (esp. BrE)▪Their finances are (in) a mess.
PHRASES▪ the state of sb's finances{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ entirely, wholly▪ largely, mainly▪ partially, partly▪ privately, publicly▪The new roads will be financed privately.
▪ jointly▪The project was financed jointly by the British and French governments.
▪ directly▪ properly (esp. BrE), well▪the introduction of a properly financed system
VERB + FINANCE▪ help (to)▪ be needed to, be required to▪the money needed to finance the redevelopment
▪ be used toFinance is used with these nouns as the object: ↑campaign, ↑deficit, ↑development, ↑education, ↑expansion, ↑expedition, ↑expenditure, health service, ↑import, ↑programme, ↑project, ↑retirement, ↑scheme, ↑spending, ↑venture
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
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finance — [ finɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1283 « paiement, rançon », puis « argent »; du v. finer « payer », altér. de finir « mener à fin, venir à bout » 1 ♦ Vx Ressources pécuniaires. ⇒ argent, ressource. Mod. Loc. MOYENNANT FINANCE : en échange d argent. Au plur.,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
finance — FINANCE. s. f. Argent comptant. En ce sens il n a guere d usage que dans le style familier & en plaisanterie. Il est un peu court de finance. il n a pas grande finance. Finance, La somme d argent qui se paye aux coffres du Roy, soit pour la levée … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
finance — fi·nance 1 n 1 pl: money or other liquid resources of a government, business, group, or individual 2: the system that includes the circulation of money, the granting of credit, the making of investments, and the provision of banking facilities 3 … Law dictionary
Finance — Fi*nance , n. [F., fr. LL. financia payment of money, money, fr. finare to pay a fine or subsidy (cf. OF. finer to finish, pay), fr. L. finis end. See {Fine}, n., {Finish}.] 1. The income of a ruler or of a state; revenue; public money; sometimes … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Finance — Fi*nance , v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Financed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Financing}.] To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier. Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous undertakings. B. H. Chamberlain … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Finance — Nom porté dans les Vosges et le Haut Rhin. C est un toponyme qui désigne une limite de territoire. Un hameau de l Yonne s appelle la Finance (commune de Piffonds). M.T. Morlet signale un lieu dit à Escles (88) … Noms de famille
finance — [n] economic affairs accounts, banking, business, commerce, economics, financial affairs, investment, money, money management; concepts 360,770 finance [v] offer loan money; set up in business back, bank, bankroll, capitalize, endow, float*, fund … New thesaurus
finance — [fī′nans΄, fə nans′] n. [ME finaunce, a fine, forfeit < OFr finance, wealth, revenue < finer, to end, settle accounts, pay ransom < fin: see FINE2] 1. [pl.] the money resources, income, etc. of a nation, organization, or person 2. the… … English World dictionary
financé — financé, ée (fi nan sé, sée) part. passé. Payé au roi pour l acquisition d une charge. Une somme financée … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
financé — Financé, [financ]ée. part … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
finance — ► NOUN 1) the management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies. 2) monetary support for an enterprise. 3) (finances) monetary resources. ► VERB ▪ provide funding for. ORIGIN Old French, from finer settle a debt … English terms dictionary
