<blockquote>Whom patience <b>finally</b> must crown. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>Completely; beyond recovery.</def>
<blockquote>Not any house of noble English in Ireland was utterly destroyed or <b>finally</b> rooted out. <i>Sir J. Davies.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Finance</h1> <Xpage=560>
<hw>Fi*nance"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. LL. <ets>financia</ets> payment of money, money, fr. <ets>finare</ets> to pay a fine or subsidy (cf. OF. <ets>finer</ets> to finish, pay), fr. L. <ets>finis</ets> end. See <er>Fine</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Finish</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources.</def>
<blockquote>All the <b>finances</b> or revenues of the imperial crown. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The science of raising and expending the public revenue.</def> "Versed in the details of <i>finance</i>."
<i>Macaulay.</i>
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<hw>Fi*nan"cial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to finance.</def> "Our <i>financial</i> and commercial system."
<i>Macaulay.</i>
<h1>Financialist</h1> <Xpage=560>
<hw>Fi*nan"cial*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A financier.</def>
<h1>Financially</h1> <Xpage=560>
<hw>Fi*nan"cial*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a dfinancial manner.</def>
<i>Burke.</i>
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<hw>Fin`an*cier"</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>financier</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.</def>
<i>Burke.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>One skilled in financial operations; one acquainted with money matters.</def>
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<hw>Fin`an*cier"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Financiered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Financiering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To conduct financial operations.</def>
<h1>Finary</h1> <Xpage=560>
<hw>Fin"a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Iron Works)</fld> <def>See <er>Finery</er>.</def>
<h1>Finative</h1> <Xpage=560>
<hw>Fi"na*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Conclusive; decisive; definitive; final.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Greene (1593).</i>
<h1>Finback</h1> <Xpage=560>
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