FINANCES

funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource

(noun) assets in the form of money

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

finances

plural of finance

Noun

finances pl (plural only)

funds or other financial resources

Verb

finances

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finance

Source: Wiktionary

FINANCE

Fi*nance", n. Etym: [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; revennue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources. All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. Bacon.

2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue. "Versed in the details of finance." Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition