1 [U] ~ (for sth) money used to run a business, an activity or a project:
Finance for education comes from taxpayers. * The project will only go ahead if they can raise the necessary finance.
2 [U] the activity of managing money, especially by a government or commercial organization:
the Minister of Finance * the finance director / department * a diploma in banking and finance * the world of high finance (= finance involving large companies or countries)
3 (finances) [pl.] the money available to a person, an organization or a country; the way this money is managed:
government / public / personal finances * It's about time you sorted out your finances. * Moving house put a severe strain on our finances. * The firm's finances are basically sound.
verb [VN] to provide money for a project
SYNFUND:
The building project will be financed by the government and by public donations. * He took a job to finance his stay in Germany.
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