Finance

The field of finance refers to the concepts of time, money and risk and how they are interrelated. The term "finance" may thus incorporate any of the following: * The study of money and other assets; * The management and control of those assets; * Profiling and managing project risks; * The science of managing money; * The industry that delivers financial services * As a verb, "to finance" is to provide funds for business or for an individual's large purchases (car, home, etc.).