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   Finance (?), 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.
   
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   All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. Bacon.
   
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   2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue. “Versed in the details of finance.”  Macaulay.
   
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   Finance (?), 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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