What does finance mean?
Word: Finance
Part of Speech: Verb, noun
Meaning: Finance means to provide the money needed for a plan, a project or something you want to buy. As a noun, it means the managing of money by a government, a company or a family.
How do you spell finance?
Syllables: fi - nance
Tricky part: The ending is ance, but in quick speech the vowel there is hard to hear, so students often write ence instead.
Watch out for: finence, finanse
Memory tip: Finance is all about amounts of money, so let the a in amount remind you to end the word with ance.
Finance in a sentence
Example 1: The village council used a government grant to finance the new library.
Example 2: Riya's parents save a little every month to finance her music lessons.
Example 3: My aunt studied finance and now looks after the accounts of a large tea company.
Fun Fact
The word goes back to an old French word linked to settling a debt, from fin, meaning 'end': once a debt was paid, the matter was finished.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The school trust has agreed to finnance a new science lab for the senior classes.
a) science
b) trust
c) finnance
d) senior
Show answer
c) finnance. Only one n is needed in the middle; the doubled n is the slip in this sentence.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
finance
a) fund
b) hoard
c) refuse
d) borrow
Show answer
a) fund. To fund a project is to pay for it; borrowing and hoarding money are different acts, and refusing is the reverse.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
ncnifea
a) fancier
b) finale
c) finance
d) famine
Show answer
c) finance. There is no l, m or r among the jumbled letters, which leaves only one option standing.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) aquaintance
b) guarentee
c) occurence
d) finance
Show answer
d) finance. Acquaintance needs a c before the q, guarantee has an a after the u, and occurrence doubles both its c and its r.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If a company agrees to finance a new cricket ground, what will it do?
a) design the stands
b) pay for building it
c) coach the players
d) sell the tickets
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b) pay for building it
2. A student hoping for a career in finance would spend most days working with...
a) soil and seeds
b) paints and brushes
c) budgets and accounts
d) engines and tools
Show answer
c) budgets and accounts
