business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"

corporate finance - the financial activities of corporation

financing, funding - the act of financing

high finance - large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical)

investing, investment - the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit

floatation, flotation - financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares

banking - transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.

finance - the management of money and credit and banking and investments

economic science, economics, political economy - the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management

quaestor - any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)

capital account - (finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date

accumulation - (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation

long - holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"

short - not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton"

short - without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash"

banking - engaging in the business of banking; maintaining savings and checking accounts and issuing loans and credit etc.

management, direction - the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?"

finance - the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets

seed - help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

back - support financial backing for; "back this enterprise"

refinance - renew the financing of

fund - convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds

pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please"

credit - accounting: enter as credit; "We credit your account with $100"