finary

See finery2. finback (fin'bak), n. A finner or fin-whale. finback-calf (fin'bak-käf), n. A whalers' name for the sharp-headed finner, Balænoptera david son i. Also called young finback. [Pacific coast, These, and a few le defensible fancies, Brought the Knight to the end of his slender finances . Barham , In golds by Legends, II. 34. 4. The science of monetary busine or affairs; the system by which the income of a nation, state, or corporation is raised and administer- ed; pecuniary management in general: as, the study of political economy and finance ; the sys- tem of finance pursued by an administration, or a bank, corporation, or other company. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vii. Minister of finance, in the countries of continental Eu- rope, a cabinet officer who has the general direction of the public finance of the country and the supervision of the budget in the legislative body. Similar functions are exer- cised in Great Britain nominally by the First Lord of the Treasury, but really by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and in the United States by the Secretary of the Treasury. finance (fi-nans'), v.; pret. and pp. financed, ppr. financing. [= F. financer, advance money; from the noun.] I. in trans. To conduct fin an- cial operations; manage finances in either a public or a private capacity: often used in a derogatory sense.