Finance (?), n. [F., fr. LL. financia payment of money, money, fr. finare to pay a fine or subsidy (cf. OF. finer to finish, pay), fr. L. finis end. See Fine, n., Finish.] 1. The income of a ruler or of a state; revenue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources.
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All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. Bacon.
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2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue. “Versed in the details of finance.” Macaulay.
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