ADJ
- cheap (= borrowed at low interest)
- necessary
- additonal, extra, further
- the need to obtain additional finance
- long-term, medium-term, short-term
- independent
- joint
- external, outside
- international
- private (sector), public (sector)
- bridging
- You may require bridging finance until the sale of your own property is completed
- capital (= money that is paid)
- credit, debt, loan (= money that is borrowed)
- equity (= money from issuing shares)
- bank
- the availability of bank finance (= bank loans) for small businesses
- housing, mortgage
VERB + FINANCE
- get, obtain, raise
- She struggled to get the necessary finance for her training
- allocate, arrange, provide
- need, require
FINANCE + VERB
- be available
- the finance available to local government
FINANCE + NOUN
- company, house
- sector
- The banking and finance sector was booming
PREP
- ~ for
- Several banks are providing finance for the housing programme
ADJ
- high
- the world of high finance (= finance involving large companies or countries)
- company, corporate
- (local) government, public, state
- consumer, personal
- that most emotive of personal finance issues?taxation
- international
- capital (= paying money for sth)
- credit, debt, loan (= borrowing money for sth)
- equity (= issuing shares to get money)
- healthy, sound
- Our family finances are not very healthy at the moment
- shaky
- The company's finances are looking a bit shaky
- company
- government, public, state
- family, household, personal, private
FINANCE + NOUN
- director, minister, officer
- Local government finance officers found the tax very difficult to administer
- committee, department 3 finances money
- available
VERB + FINANCE
- have
- We don't have the finances to go on holiday this year
- lack
- raise
- They are not sure how they will raise the finances to go on the trip
- deal with, handle, manage, plan, run
- how to plan your finances for a comfortable retirement
- get/keep in order, sort out
- The company was under pressure to get its finances in order
- boost, improve
- be a drain on, put a strain on, strain, stretch
- Buying a new car need not put a strain on your finances
FINANCE + VERB
- be in a mess
- Their finances are in a mess: they plan to call in an accountant
PHRASES
- the state of sb's finances