finance
UK/fai'næns/US
NGSL 2kIELTSTOEFLB1
Definitions
n.
The management of money, banking, and investments.
金融，财政。
n.
(plural) The money resources of a person or organization.
（复数）财力，资金状况。
v.
To provide money or funding for something.
为…提供资金，资助。
Root Breakdown
Root-derived=finance
From Old French finance 'a payment, a settling of debts,' from finer 'to end, to pay,' ultimately Latin fīnis 'end.' To finance something is, at root, to handle the settling of accounts — the bringing of debts to an end. See core analysis for the full money story.
Root fin still carries 30 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.corporate finance公司金融
- 2.personal finance个人理财
- 3.finance a project资助一个项目
- 4.public finances公共财政
Example Sentences
- 1.
She works in finance at a large bank.
- 2.
The government will finance the new railway.
- 3.
Our finances are tight this month.