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finance
noun
1 finance
The commercial activity of providing funds and capital.
Roget 800:
money,
legal tender;
money matters,
money market;
finance;
accounts
etc.
811;
funds,
treasure;
capital,
stock;
assets
etc.
(property)
780;
wealth
etc.
803;
supplies,
ways and means,
wherewithal,
sinews of war,
almighty dollar,
needful,
cash;
mammon.
[colloquial terms for money]
dough,
cabbage.
money-like instruments,
M1,
M2,
sum,
amount;
balance,
balance sheet;
sum total;
proceeds
etc.
(receipts)
810.
currency,
circulating medium,
specie,
coin,
piece [Fr.],
hard cash,
cold cash;
dollar,
sterling coin;
pounds shillings and pence;
Ls. d.;
pocket,
breeches pocket,
purse;
money in hand,
cash at hand;
ready money,
ready cash;
slug [U.S.],
wad [Slang]
wad of bills [U.S.],
wad of money,
thick wad of bills,
roll of dough [Coll.];
rhino†,
blunt†,
dust†,
mopus†,
tin†,
salt†,
chink†;
argent comptant [Lat.];
bottom dollar,
buzzard dollar†;
checks,
dibs [Slang].
[specific types of currency]
double eagle,
eagle;
Federal currency,
fractional currency,
postal currency;
Federal Reserve Note,
United States Note,
silver certificate†,
gold certificate†;
long bit,
short bit [U.S.];
moss,
nickel,
pile [Slang],
pin money,
quarter [U.S.],
red cent,
roanoke†,
rock [Slang];
seawan†,
seawant†;
thousand dollars,
grand [Coll.].
[types of paper currency, U.S.]
single,
one-dollar bill;
two-dollar bill;
five-dollar bill,
fiver [Coll.],
fin [Coll.],
Lincoln;
ten-dollar bill,
sawbuck;
twenty-dollar bill,
Jackson,
double sawbuck;
fifty-dollar bill;
hundred-dollar bill,
C-note.
[types of U.S. coins: list]
penny,
cent,
Lincoln cent,
indian head penny,
copper
[1700-1900];
two-cent piece three-cent piece [Fr.],
half-dime†,
nickel,
buffalo nickel,
V nickel†,
dime,
disme†,
mercury dime†,
quarter,
two bits,
half dollar,
dollar,
silver dollar,
Eisenhower dollar,
Susan B.
Anthony dollar†.
precious metals,
gold,
silver,
copper,
bullion,
ingot,
nugget.
petty cash,
pocket money,
change,
small change,
small coin,
doit†,
stiver†,
rap,
mite,
farthing,
sou,
penny,
shilling,
tester,
groat,
guinea;
rouleau†;
wampum;
good sum,
round sum,
lump sum;
power of money,
plum,
lac of rupees.
major coin,
crown;
minor coin.
monetarist,
monetary theory.
[Science of coins]
numismatics,
chrysology†.
[coin scholar or collector]
numismatist.
paper money,
greenback;
major denomination,
minor denomination;
money order,
postal money order,
Post Office order;
bank note;
bond;
bill,
bill of exchange;
order,
warrant,
coupon,
debenture,
exchequer bill,
assignat†;
blueback [U.S.],
hundi†,
shinplaster [U.S.].
note,
note of hand;
promissory note,
I O U;
draft,
check,
cheque,
back-dated check;
negotiable order of withdrawal,
NOW.
remittance
etc.
(payment)
807;
credit
etc.
805;
liability
etc.
806.
drawer,
drawee†;
obligor†,
obligee†;
moneyer†,
coiner.
false money,
bad money;
base coin,
flash note,
slip†,
kite [Slang];
fancy stocks;
Bank of Elegance.
argumentum ad crumenam [Lat.].
letter of credit.
circulation,
multiplier effect.
[variation in the value of currency]
inflation,
double-digit inflation,
hyperinflation,
erosion of the currency,
debasement of the currency;
deflation;
stagflation.
[relative value of two currencies]
exchange rate,
rate of exchange,
floating exchange rates,
fixed rates.
[place to exchange currencies]
currency counter,
currency exchange,
bureau de change [Fr.].
gold-backed currency,
gold standard,
silver standard.
bank account,
savings account,
checking account,
money market account,
NOW account,
time deposit,
deposit,
demand deposit,
super NOW account;
certificate of deposit,
CD.
[money symbols]
$ [U.S.],
US$ [U.S.];
Y;
A$.
[authorities controlling currency]
Federal Reserve Bank [U.S.],
central bank [U.S.];
Federal Reserve Board,
board of governors of the Federal Reserve;
Treasury Department;
Secret Service.
[place where money is manufactured]
mint,
bureau of engraving.
[government profit in manufacturing money]
seigniorage.
[false money]
counterfeit,
funny money,
bogus money,
(falsehood)
545.
[cost of money]
interest,
interest rate,
discount rate.
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Roget 811:
accounts,
accompts†;
commercial arithmetic,
monetary arithmetic;
statistics
etc.
(numeration)
85;
money matters,
finance,
budget,
bill,
score,
reckoning,
account.
books,
account book,
ledger;
day book,
cash book,
pass book;
journal;
debtor and creditor account,
cash account,
running account;
account current;
balance,
balance sheet;
compte rendu [Fr.],
account settled,
acquit,
assets,
expenditure,
liabilities,
outstanding accounts;
profit and loss account,
profit and loss statement,
receipts.
bookkeeping,
accounting,
double entry bookkeeping,
reckoning.
audit.
[person who keeps accounts]
accountant,
auditor,
actuary,
bookkeeper,
bean counter [Sarc.];
financier
etc.
801;
accounting party;
chartered accountant,
certified accountant;
accounting firm,
auditing firm.
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2 finance
The branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets.
Dutch: financiering, financiën
Polish: finanse
3 finance
The management of money and credit and banking and investments.
Polish: gospodarka finansowa
verb
1 finance
Obtain or provide money for.
Dutch: bekostigen, financieren
2 finance
Sell or provide on credit.
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