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- noun assets in the form of money.
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- noun Plural form of
finance . - noun plurale tantum
funds or otherfinancial resources - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
finance .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun assets in the form of money
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Examples
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The rowers, knowing they had the honor of conveying the surintendant of the finances, pulled with all their strength, and that magic word, the _finances_, promised them a liberal gratification, of which they wished to prove themselves worthy.
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The rowers, knowing they had the honor of conveying the surintendant of the finances, pulled with all their strength, and that magic word, the _finances_, promised them a liberal gratification, of which they wished to prove themselves worthy.
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People do something that our congress have not done, read Obama's health care bill than decide if secretive governmental spying on your personal finances is what you want.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sought to use the report to build momentum for health-care reform, reiterating the administration's contention that the best way to strengthen Medicare's finances is to, as she put it, "fix what's broken in the rest of the health-care system."
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How much have these war efforts cost us in finances and human lives?
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If the structure of my finances is causing third parties to pay for my health care I have a lot less incentive to fix the situation.
Taxes and Health Insurance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sought to use the report to build momentum for health-care reform, reiterating the administration's contention that the best way to strengthen Medicare's finances is to, as she put it, "fix what's broken in the rest of the health-care system."
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sought to use the report to build momentum for health-care reform, reiterating the administration's contention that the best way to strengthen Medicare's finances is to, as she put it, "fix what's broken in the rest of the health-care system."
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This creche may be the poorest of the poor in finances, but they make up for this in full in heart.
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The crisis in municipal finances is one of those burgeoning national issues that has been percolating for years.
Euro-America, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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