Finance — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the commercial activity of providing funds and capital

the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈaɪnæns/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈaɪnans/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈaɪnans/

2 syllables Say it as /fˈaɪnæns/.

Examples

Can we finance the addition to our home?

Parts of Speech

noun	the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
noun	the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets
noun	the management of money and credit and banking and investments
verb	obtain or provide money for “Can we finance the addition to our home?”
verb	sell or provide on credit

Word Forms

financial	adjective	involving financial matters
finance	verb	sell or provide on credit
finance	noun	the management of money and credit and banking and investments
financing	noun	the act of financing

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Finanzen

die gewerbliche Tätigkeit der Bereitstellung von Mitteln und Kapital

🇪🇸Spanish

finanzas

la actividad comercial de proporcionar fondos y capital

🇮🇹Italian

finanza

l’attività commerciale di fornitura di fondi e capitali

🇳🇱Dutch

financiën

de commerciële activiteit van het verstrekken van fondsen en kapitaal

🇵🇹Portuguese

financiar

a atividade comercial de fornecimento de fundos e capital

🇷🇺Russian

финансы

коммерческая деятельность по предоставлению средств и капитала

India

🇮🇳Hindi

वित्त

धन और पूंजी उपलब्ध कराने की व्यावसायिक गतिविधि

🇧🇩Bengali

অর্থ

তহবিল এবং মূলধন প্রদানের বাণিজ্যিক কার্যকলাপ

🇮🇳Tamil

நிதி

நிதி மற்றும் மூலதனத்தை வழங்கும் வணிக நடவடிக்கை

🇮🇳Telugu

ఫైనాన్స్

నిధులు మరియు మూలధనాన్ని అందించే వాణిజ్య కార్యకలాపాలు

🇮🇳Marathi

वित्त

निधी आणि भांडवल प्रदान करण्याची व्यावसायिक क्रियाकलाप

🇮🇳Gujarati

નાણા

ભંડોળ અને મૂડી પ્રદાન કરવાની વ્યાપારી પ્રવૃત્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಣಕಾಸು

ಹಣ ಮತ್ತು ಬಂಡವಾಳವನ್ನು ಒದಗಿಸುವ ವಾಣಿಜ್ಯ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ധനകാര്യം

ഫണ്ടുകളും മൂലധനവും നൽകുന്ന വാണിജ്യ പ്രവർത്തനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਿੱਤ

ਫੰਡ ਅਤੇ ਪੂੰਜੀ ਪ੍ਰਦਾਨ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਵਪਾਰਕ ਗਤੀਵਿਧੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

فنانس

فنڈز اور سرمایہ فراہم کرنے کی تجارتی سرگرمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

金融

提供资金和资本的商业活动

🇯🇵Japanese

ファイナンス

🇰🇷Korean

재원

자금과 자본을 제공하는 상업 활동

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tài chính

hoạt động thương mại cung cấp vốn và vốn

🇹🇭Thai

การเงิน

กิจกรรมเชิงพาณิชย์ของการจัดหาเงินทุนและเงินทุน

🇮🇩Indonesian

keuangan

kegiatan komersial penyediaan dana dan modal

🇵🇭Filipino

pananalapi

ang komersyal na aktibidad ng pagbibigay ng pondo at kapital

🇲🇾Malay

kewangan

aktiviti komersial menyediakan dana dan modal

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تمويل

النشاط التجاري المتمثل في توفير الأموال ورؤوس الأموال

🇮🇷Persian

امور مالی

فعالیت تجاری تامین وجوه و سرمایه

🇹🇷Turkish

finans

fon ve sermaye sağlama ticari faaliyeti

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְמַמֵן

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The primary meaning of 'finance' is 'the commercial activity of providing funds and capital'.

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