finance

[fi-nans, fahy-nans] / fɪˈnæns, ˈfaɪ næns /

NOUN

economic affairs

Synonyms

STRONGEST

banking business commerce economics investment

STRONG

accounts money

WEAK

financial affairs money management

VERB

offer loan money; set up in business

Synonyms

STRONGEST

back bankroll fund guarantee promote sponsor subsidize support underwrite

STRONG

bank capitalize endow float grubstake juice patronize stake

WEAK

go for lay on one loan shark pay for pick up the check pick up the tab prime the pump provide funds provide security put up money raise dough

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disapprove discourage hurt refuse reject

WEAK

call in take

Example Sentences

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Burrill, currently group head of central finance and deputy chief financial officer at Standard Chartered Bank, will be based in London, the lender said in an exchange filing Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal

Elsewhere, companies that provide private loans and equity financing, via private investment funds, have seen their stocks tank.

From Barron's

Perhaps the most remarkable spot came from OnMoney.com, a site that promised to put all your finances into one web-based interface.

From Barron's

The company is expected to raise tens of billions of dollars in an offering to finance plans to launch data centers in space and colonize the moon.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its annual income is over $500 million, a person familiar with its finances said last year.

From Barron's

finance

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