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. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue. “Versed in the details of finance.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]