financen.[F., fr. LL. financia payment of money, money, fr. finare to pay a fine or subsidy (cf. OF. finer to finish, pay), fr. L. finis end. See Fine, n., Finish.]1. The income of a ruler or of a state; revenue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources.()All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. (Bacon.)2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue.(Macaulay.)v. t. & i. To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier.()Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous undertakings. (B. H. Chamberlain.)