|
|
Fi*nance" (?), 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.
All the finances or revenues of the imperial
crown. Bacon.
2. The science of raising and expending the
public revenue. "Versed in the details of finance."
Macaulay.
|
|