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Finance vs. Refinance — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Finance and Refinance

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Definitions

Finance

Finance is a term for matters regarding the management, creation, and study of money and investments. Specifically, it deals with the questions of how an individual, company or government acquires money – called capital in the context of a business – and how they spend or invest that money.

Refinance

To renegotiate or replace the financing of (a debt or asset), usually to obtain a lower interest rate.

Finance

The management of money, banking, investments, and credit.

Refinance

To finance a debt or asset under new terms.

Finance

Finances Monetary resources
Could not make the purchase because of limited finances.
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Refinance

(finance) To renew the terms of a loan.

Finance

The supplying of funds or capital.

Refinance

Renew the financing of

Finance

To provide or raise the funds or capital for
Financed a new car.

Finance

To supply funds to
Financing a daughter through law school.
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Finance

The management of money and other assets.

Finance

The science of management of money and other assets.

Finance

Monetary resources, especially those of a public entity or a company.
Who's really in charge of a democracy's finances?

Finance

The provision of a loan, payment instalment terms, or similar arrangement, to enable a customer to purchase an item without paying the full amount straight away.
Finance on all our new cars is provided by ABC Loans Ltd.

Finance

(intransitive) To conduct, or procure money for, financial operations; manage finances.

Finance

To pay ransom.

Finance

(transitive) To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.
His parents financed his college education.
He financed his home purchase through a local credit union.

Finance

To extort ransom from.

Finance

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.

Finance

The science of raising and expending the public revenue.

Finance

To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the capital for; to financier.
Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous undertakings.

Finance

The commercial activity of providing funds and capital

Finance

The branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets

Finance

The management of money and credit and banking and investments

Finance

Obtain or provide money for;
Can we finance the addition to our home?

Finance

Sell or provide on credit

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