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Webster 1913 Edition
Finance
Fi-nance′
,Noun.
1.
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.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Finance
FINANCE
,Noun.
Revenue; income of a king or state.
The United States, near the close of the revolution, appointed a superintendent of finance.
[It is more generally used in the plural.]