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. ]
All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i.
Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous undertakings. B. H. Chamberlain. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. assets in the form of money.
a. Pertaining to finance. “Our financial and commercial system.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A financier. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a financial manner. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. financier. ]
v. i.