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# finance

«finance» in Mova's school dictionary: **The management of money, especially by governments, banks…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (finance, finances); verb (finance, finances, financed, financing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (money) The management of money, especially by governments, banks and businesses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finance/#m1)

2) Money that is used to pay for a project or a purchase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finance/#m2)

3) (verb) To provide the money for something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finance/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In adult life and economics lessons it describes how money is handled, borrowed and spent. In stories about grown-ups: «Mum works in finance». Buying a car «on finance» means borrowing money and paying it back in parts. Phrases: personal finance, finance a project, on finance, minister of finance.

### examples

- My aunt works in finance at a big bank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finance/#x1)
- The school needs finance to build a new playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finance/#x2)
- The bake sale helped finance our class trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finance/#x3)
- They bought the car on finance and pay each month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finance/#x4)
- The government's minister of finance plans the budget. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finance/#x5)
- Learning about personal finance helps you save money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finance/#x6)

### note

Adjective: financial. Pronounced FY-nance or fi-NANCE; both are fine. «Finances» (plural) means the money a person or group has. «Fiancé» (engaged partner) is a different word.

### In the corpora

- [Her dad works in finance in London and is hardly ever home before she's asleep.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/491-rich-families-the-big-house-the-nanny-and-never-seeing-dad/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «finance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/finance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.