FINANCE Definition

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FINANCE, dependent upon usage, is a. the management of money, credit, banking and/or investments; b. the commercial activity of providing funds and capital; c. the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets; or, d. to sell or provide on credit.

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OFF-BALANCE SHEET LIABILITY is an item not reported within the body of a financial statement as a liability that may require future payment or services, e.g., litigation, renegotiated claims within a government contract, and guarantees of future performance.

COST REDUCTION is actions taken in the present designed to decrease costs in the present. See COST AVOIDANCE.

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