Finances — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

assets in the form of money

the commercial activity of providing funds and capital

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/faɪnˈænsᵻz/

🇬🇧British English

/faɪnˈansɪz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/faɪnˈansɪz/

3 syllables Say it as /faɪnˈænsᵻz/.

Examples

Can we finance the addition to our home?

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

finance monetary resource cash in hand funds pecuniary resource

Parts of Speech

noun	assets in the form of money
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

Vermögenswerte in Form von Geld

🇪🇸Spanish

finanzas

activos en forma de dinero

🇮🇹Italian

finanze

beni sotto forma di denaro

🇳🇱Dutch

financiën

activa in de vorm van geld

🇵🇹Portuguese

finanças

ativos em forma de dinheiro

🇷🇺Russian

финансы

активы в форме денег

India

🇮🇳Hindi

वित्त

धन के रूप में संपत्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

আর্থিক

অর্থ আকারে সম্পদ

🇮🇳Tamil

நிதி

பண வடிவில் சொத்துக்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఆర్థిక

డబ్బు రూపంలో ఆస్తులు

🇮🇳Marathi

आर्थिक

पैशाच्या स्वरूपात मालमत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

નાણાકીય

પૈસાના રૂપમાં સંપત્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಣಕಾಸು

ಹಣದ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ವತ್ತುಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

സാമ്പത്തികം

പണത്തിൻ്റെ രൂപത്തിലുള്ള ആസ്തികൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਿੱਤ

ਪੈਸੇ ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਾਇਦਾਦ

🇵🇰Urdu

مالیات

پیسے کی شکل میں اثاثے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

财政

货币形式的资产

🇯🇵Japanese

財政

お金という形の資産

🇰🇷Korean

재정

화폐 형태의 자산

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tài chính

tài sản dưới dạng tiền

🇹🇭Thai

การเงิน

ทรัพย์สินในรูปของเงิน

🇮🇩Indonesian

keuangan

aset dalam bentuk uang

🇵🇭Filipino

pananalapi

ari-arian sa anyo ng pera

🇲🇾Malay

kewangan

aset dalam bentuk wang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

المالية

الأصول في شكل أموال

🇮🇷Persian

امور مالی

دارایی به شکل پول

🇹🇷Turkish

maliye

para şeklindeki varlıklar

🇮🇱Hebrew

כספים

נכסים בצורה של כסף

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The primary meaning of 'finances' is 'assets in the form of money'.

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Using 'finances' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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'finances' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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