Finance vs. Fund

Financenoun

The management of money and other assets.

Financenoun

The science of management of money and other assets.

Financenoun

Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.

Financenoun

The provision of a loan, payment instalment terms, or similar arrangement, to enable a customer to purchase an item without paying the full amount straight away.

Financeverb

(intransitive) To conduct, or procure money for, financial operations; manage finances.

Financeverb

To pay ransom.

Financeverb

(transitive) To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.

Financeverb

To extort ransom from.

Financenoun

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.

Financenoun

The science of raising and expending the public revenue.

Financeverb

To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier.

Financenoun

the commercial activity of providing funds and capital

Financenoun

the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets

Financenoun

the management of money and credit and banking and investments

Financeverb

obtain or provide money for;

Financeverb

sell or provide on credit

Finance

Finance is a term for matters regarding the management, creation, and study of money and investments. Specifically, it deals with the questions of how an individual, company or government acquires money – called capital in the context of a business – and how they spend or invest that money.

Fundnoun

A sum or source of money.

Fundnoun

An organization managing such money.

Fundnoun

A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.

Fundnoun

A large supply of something to be drawn upon.

Fundverb

(transitive) To pay for.

Fundnoun

An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.

Fundnoun

A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.

Fundnoun

The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; - called also public funds.

Fundnoun

An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also, money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object.

Fundnoun

A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a supply; a full provision of resources; as, a fund of wisdom or good sense.

Fundverb

To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of; as, to fund government notes.

Fundverb

To place in a fund, as money.

Fundverb

To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt.

Fundnoun

a reserve of money set aside for some purpose

Fundnoun

a supply of something available for future use;

Fundnoun

a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies

Fundverb

convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds

Fundverb

place or store up in a fund for accumulation

Fundverb

provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest

Fundverb

invest money in government securities

Fundverb

accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability;

Fundverb

furnish money for;

Fundnoun

a sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose

Fundnoun

financial resources

Fundnoun

a large stock or supply of something, especially information or knowledge

Fundnoun

the stock of the national debt (as a mode of investment).

Fundverb

provide with money for a particular purpose