HOW TO PRONOUNCE
finance
/fəˈnæns/
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American Pronunciation Guide · 0:41
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Listen for two established stress patterns.
Both first- and second-syllable stress occur. The opening vowel changes between these pronunciations too.
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“She works in finance.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does finance mean?
noun
- The management of money and other assets.
- The science of management of money and other assets.
- Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
More meanings (5)
noun
- 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.
verb
- To conduct, or procure money for, financial operations; manage finances.
- To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.
- (obsolete) To pay ransom.
- (obsolete) To extort ransom from.
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IPA pronunciation
/fəˈnæns/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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The nation is, therefore, heavily dependent on foreign assistance to help support its balance of payments and to finance development projects.
Perhaps Zinzendorf’s very proposals to consider any assistance as a loan made them think him able to finance the scheme himself.
More book examples (3)
The financial economy of American capitalism exhibits in more dramatic shape a tendency common to the finance of all developed industrial nations.
They soon divided the Convention into small committees, each of which had an independent existence--business committees, committees of legislation, finance, agriculture, arts, &c.
The French, less committed in terms of plant and finance, could more readily adjust their energy, materials, and money to the new method.