Fĭ-nănce′, n.

(fĭ-nănʹs, 114), n. [L. Lat. financia, payment of money, money, Fr. finance, Pr. finansa, O. Sp. & It. finanza, quittance, revenue, from L. Lat. finare, to pay a fine or subsidy, O. Fr. finer, to pay, It. finare, to finish, to put an end to, to settle, from Lat. finis, end, It. fine, end, acquittance.] The income of a ruler or of a state; revenue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; — often used in the plural, funds.

All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. Bacon.

Versed in the details of finance. Macaulay.