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Definition of Finances

1. Noun. Assets in the form of money.

Definition of Finances

1. Noun. (plural of finance) ¹

2. Noun. (plurale tantum) funds or other financial resources ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of finance) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Finances

1. finance [v] - See also: finance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Finances

Literary usage of Finances

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Duke of Sully: Prime Minister to Henry the Great by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Walter Scott (1890)
"Part of the army disbanded—Ordinance) respecting grain, the wearing of swords, and further regulations in the finances, the police, public works, &c. ..."

2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by American Social Science Association, National Conference on Social Welfare, Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1900)
"In the discussion of " finances of Charitable Agencies " the chairman has ... All of us are willing to admit that the finances are an important part of any ..."

3. Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1854)
"... report upon the finances—with the full belief that the finances were going to ruin, and that the government would soon be left without adequate revenue, ..."

4. A History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft (1860)
"Her finances are not involved, but they could not suffice for years of ... As for us, the king knows the situation of his finances; he knows that in spite ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1796)
"E'tat des finances, &c. ic State of the finances and Re. .fources of the French Republic to the ift January 1796. ..."

6. The National Almanac and Annual Record for by William Vincent McKean (1864)
"Navy 169 Treasury Department 179-219 finances and Resources, Public Debt, Ac. of the United States 180-183 Toll Details of Internal Revenue Collections. ..."

7. Oecd Economic Surveys: United Kingdom by OECD. (2005)
"OECD projections of general government finances In per cent of GDP Current budget surplus Net lending (Maastricht basis) • • • Cyclically-adjusted current ..."

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