fi·nance /fəˈnæn(t)s, ˈfaɪˌ, faɪˈ/
 U財政,金融;財源,資金(vt.)供資金給,為…籌措資金


 Fi·nance n.
 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.”


 Fi·nance v. t. & i.  [imp. & p. p. Financed p. pr. & vb. n. Financing.] To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier.
    Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous undertakings.    --B. H. Chamberlain.

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 finance
      n 1: the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
      2: the branch of economics that studies the management of money
         and other assets
      3: the management of money and credit and banking and
         investments
      v 1: obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to
           our home?"
      2: sell or provide on credit