- present tense form of finance (3rd person singular).
finances
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A Fed survey on consumer finances finds that borrowers may be falling behind on loans or spending a larger share of their income on debt payments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Bankruptcy Judge Scott Everett turned down that request—accusing the longtime TV personality of failing to reveal the full truth about his company’s finances and how they ended up in such a dire state.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
With public finances under strain, Schomaker said COP17 in Armenia would focus on ways to better engage the private sector in helping close the $700-billion annual funding shortfall for the 2030 nature protection goals.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
The evidence is contained in a leak of documents about Abramovich's finances and the operations of a network of offshore companies administered from Cyprus between 1995 and 2022.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
“Your father was saying that he was rearranging the finances and that was that Your mother called him a name.”
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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Means to an End: Fin
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