- finance
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 (AmE usually financing) money needed to fund sthADJECTIVE▪ cheap (= borrowed at low interest)▪ necessary▪ additional, extra (BrE), further (BrE)▪
the need to obtain additional finance
▪ long-term, medium-term, short-term▪ joint▪ external▪ international▪ private, public▪ private-sector, public-sector▪ bridging (BrE)▪You may require bridging finance until the sale of your own property is completed.
▪ debt, loan (esp. BrE)▪ equity▪ bank▪the availability of bank finance for small businesses
▪ housing, mortgage, real estate (AmE)▪ structuredVERB + FINANCE▪ allocate, provide▪ need, requireFINANCE + VERB▪ be available▪the finance available to local government
▪ arrange, get, obtain, raise▪She struggled to get the necessary finance for her training.
FINANCE + NOUN▪ company, house (BrE)▪ industry, sector▪The banking and finance sector was booming.
PREPOSITION▪ finance for (esp. BrE)▪Several banks are providing finance for the project.
PHRASES▪ a source of finance2 managing moneyADJECTIVE▪ high▪the world of high finance (= finance involving large companies or countries)
▪ company, corporate▪ government, local-government, public, state▪ consumer, personal▪that most emotive of personal finance issues—taxation
▪ global, internationalFINANCE + NOUN▪ director, minister, officer▪Local government finance officers found the tax very difficult to administer.
▪ committee, department3 finances money availableADJECTIVE▪ healthy, sound (both esp. BrE)▪Our family finances are not very healthy at the moment.
▪ tight▪ precarious▪The company's finances are looking a little precarious.
▪ company▪ government, public, state▪ family, household, personal, private▪ campaign (AmE)VERB + FINANCES▪ have▪We don't have the finances to throw a big party.
▪ lack▪ control, deal with, handle, manage, plan, run▪how to plan your finances for a comfortable retirement
▪ get in order, keep in order, sort out (esp. BrE)▪The company was under pressure to get its finances in order.
▪ bolster (esp. AmE), boost (esp. BrE), improve▪ be a drain on, put a strain on, strain, stretch (esp. BrE)▪Buying a new car need not put a strain on your finances.
FINANCES + VERB▪ be a mess (esp. AmE), be in a mess (esp. BrE)▪Their finances are (in) a mess.
PHRASES▪ the state of sb's finances{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbADVERB▪ entirely, wholly▪ largely, mainly▪ partially, partly▪ privately, publicly▪The new roads will be financed privately.
▪ jointly▪The project was financed jointly by the British and French governments.
▪ directly▪ properly (esp. BrE), well▪the introduction of a properly financed system
VERB + FINANCE▪ help (to)▪ be needed to, be required to▪the money needed to finance the redevelopment
▪ be used toFinance is used with these nouns as the object: ↑campaign, ↑deficit, ↑development, ↑education, ↑expansion, ↑expedition, ↑expenditure, health service, ↑import, ↑programme, ↑project, ↑retirement, ↑scheme, ↑spending, ↑venture
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
