Collocations for "finances"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "finances" in context.
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finance
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [consumer, business, investment, banking, government, personal] finance
- [private, public, foreign] sector finance
- finance for [pensions, housing, expansion]
- different [forms, methods, types] of finance
- the [family's, government's, company's, club's] finances
- [check, go over] your finances
- our finances are in [tip-top, good, excellent] shape
- their finances are in [awful, poor, terrible] shape
- our finances are [limited, stretched, low]
- need to [sort out, improve, bolster] our finances
- [tips, advice] to improve your personal finances
- areas in finance such as [banking, investment, hedge funds]
- is [studying, learning] finance
- [careers, positions, jobs] in finance
- is [hoping, seeking, looking] to raise finance
- [measures, programs, share issues] to raise finance
- seek finance from [investors, external sources, share issues]
- is the finance [manager, director, controller]
- works in the finance [department, division, sector, section]
- finance officials in [Brussels]
- the (consumer) finance [sector, industry]
- finance options available
- finance [her project, the purchase, his business, these services, the arts]
- financed by [taxpayers, the government, investors, lottery money, a surplus, donations]
- financed [directly, indirectly, entirely, partly] by
- financed with [public, private, federal] funds
- financed and [supported, managed, operated]
'finances' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acquisition
- beating
- budget
- campaign
- complexion
- constraint
- council
- finance
- personal
- sponsor
- spout
- sprawl
- structure