financenoun
uk/ˈfaɪ.næns/us/ˈfaɪ.næns/B2 [ U ] (the management of) a supply of money:
corporate/personal/public finance
the minister of finance/the finance minister
You need to speak to someone in the finance department.
The finance committee controls the school's budget.
finances [ plural ]
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- This report gives a global picture of the company's finances.
- At the project meeting, he criticized her handling of the finances.
- The company's finances are in a mess.
- It was a relief to know that our finances were taken care of.
- On 20 July the council was summoned to hear an emergency report on its finances.
B2 the money that a person or company has:
We keep a tight control on the organization's finances.
UK informal My finances won't run to (= I do not have enough money to buy) a new car this year.
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- He turned down a job in the finance division.
- Now that the finance has been secured, the production of the film is assured.
- Following the scandal, he was relieved of his post as deputy finance minister.
- I'd like to buy a new car, but my finances are in such a bad state that I can't afford to.
- The company's finances are in a mess.
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Interest & capital
- APR
- bank rate
- base rate
- capital intensive
- capitalization
- collateral
- fund
- interest rate
- interest-bearing
- lending rate
- money
- nest egg
- Premium Bond
- saving
- simple interest
- stock
- the purse strings idiom
- the smart money
- venture capital
- vested interest
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Amounts of money
financeverb [ T ]
uk/ˈfaɪ.næns/us/ˈfaɪ.næns/B2 to provide the money needed for something to happen:
The city council has refused to finance the project.
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- The terrorists financed themselves by robbing banks.
- The City Council had financed the new building to the tune of over 4 million pounds.
- A syndicate of banks are financing the deal.
- They are still seeking someone to finance the project.
- A backer has agreed to finance the development.
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Paying money
- ante
- charge
- chargeable
- congestion charge
- demurrage
- disburse
- discharge
- disgorge
- fork
- fork out sth
- overspend
- pay up
- pick up the bill/tab idiom
- put sth down 1
- repayable
- self-financing
- sink
- spring
- tip
- worth
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