🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

Finance

Pronunciation / Transliteration: finans

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Finance/fəˈnæns/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"La finance est essentielle pour la gestion des entreprises."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies.

    "The finance department is responsible for budgeting and financial planning."
  2. 2

    Monetary resources or funds.

    "She secured the finance needed to start her new business."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'finance' originates from the Latin 'financia', meaning 'settlement' or 'payment', which evolved through Old French in the 14th century to denote the management of money and resources.

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