FINAN'CES, noun plural 1. Revenue; funds in the public treasury, or accruing to it; public resources of money. The finances of the king or government were in a low condition. The finances were exhausted. 2. The income or resources of individuals. [But the word is most properly applicable to public revenue.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI