How to spell finance

hear itfi·nance/fɪ'næns/nounRules and real life

What it means: The management of money and assets.

In a sentence: Mom works in finance and helps people with money.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as finence or finanse.

Same family: financial, financing, financed, financier, finances. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Finance” comes from Old French “finance,” meaning a payment or settlement of a debt, which itself traces back to Latin “finis,” meaning “end” or “limit.” Originally it was about ending a debt, and over time it grew to mean managing money and providing funds.

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