finances

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
finance /fʌɪˈnans, fɪ-, ˈfʌɪnans/

▶noun the management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies.

■ monetary support for an enterprise.

■ (finances) the monetary resources and affairs of a state, organization, or person.

▶verb provide funding for.

– origin ME (orig. in the sense ‘payment of a debt, ransom, etc.’): from OFr., from finer ‘settle a debt’, from fin (see fine2).