Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Finance \Fi*nance"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Financed}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Financing}.]
   To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the
   capital for; to financier.

         Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous
         undertakings.                            --B. H.
                                                  Chamberlain.

Finance \Fi*nance"\, n. [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 : WordNet®

finance
     n 1: the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
     2: the branch of economics that studies the management of money
        and other assets
     3: the management of money and credit and banking and
        investments

finance
     v 1: obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to
          our home?"
     2: sell or provide on credit