- present tense form of finance (3rd person singular).
finances
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"The markets knew the state of public finances but they trusted a stable political system, which is now no longer the case," said Andrzej Szczepaniak, chief economist at Nomura in London.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
U.S. finances are stuck in a rut that alarms policymakers, but hasn’t moved them to change course.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The less they know about your finances, the better.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
But leave it too long and you could be planning a future with someone without knowing much about their finances at all.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
By the time he finished high school, though, he decided this would be too great a drain on the family finances, and would interfere with his sisters’ studies.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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Means to an End: Fin
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