finance

Noun
  1. The commercial activity of providing funds and capital (synset 101100603)
    is a type of: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
    subtypes:
    • corporate finance - the financial activities of corporation
    • financing, funding - the act of financing
    • high finance - large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical)
    • investing, investment - the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit
    • floatation, flotation - financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares
    • banking - transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.
  2. The branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets (synset 106160103)
    associated with:
    • finance - the management of money and credit and banking and investments
    • quaestor - any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)
    • capital account - (finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date
    • accumulation - (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
    • long - holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices
    • short - not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
    • short - without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
    is a type of: economic science, economics, political economy - the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
  3. The management of money and credit and banking and investments (synset 101136358)
    referred to in: finance - the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
    is a type of: direction, management - the act of managing something
    subtypes: banking - engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.
Verb
  1. Obtain or provide money for (synset 202222048)
    "Can we finance the addition to our home?"
    is a type of: pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
    subtypes:
    • seed - help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
    • back - support financial backing for
    • refinance - renew the financing of
    • fund - convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds
  2. Sell or provide on credit (synset 202222646)
    is a type of: credit - accounting: enter as credit

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