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*1. The [[practice]] of manipulating and managing [[money]].
*2. The capital involved in a project, especially the capital that has to be raised to start a new business.
*3. A loan of money for a particular [[purpose]], especially by a finance house.
*4. An academic [[discipline]] within the general field of [[economics]] dealing with funding, financial markets, and the funding implications for managing businesses.
==Reference==
"finance" A Dictionary of Finance and Banking. Ed Jonathan Law and John Smullen. Oxford University Press, 2008. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.
[[Category: General Reference]]