Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
FINANCE
I. noun see: fine
Date: 1739
money or other liquid resources of a government, business, group, or individual, the system that includes the circulation of money, the granting of credit, the making of investments, and the provision of banking facilities, the science or study of the management of funds, the obtaining of funds or capital ; financing ,
II. transitive verb (financed; financing)
Date: 1866
1. to raise or provide funds or capital for , to furnish with necessary funds , to sell something to on credit