# finances

Pronunciation: US say "FY-nan-siz" /ˈfaɪ.næn.sɪz/; UK

## Noun

1. The funds and other financial resources available to a person, business, or government.
   - Simple: The money and other resources a person, business, or government has to use.
   - _The couple reviewed their finances before buying a house._
   - _Years of overspending left the city's finances in ruins._
2. Plural of finance. — plural of finance
   - Simple: Plural of finance. Use this form when talking about someone's money matters as a whole.
   - _The minister presented the nation's finances to parliament._
   - _Their household finances needed urgent attention after the layoff._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present indicative of finance. — third-person singular simple present indicative of finance
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of finance. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The government finances the project through public bonds._
   - _A private investor finances most of the team's travel._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/finances (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).