financier
- n a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
- v conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
financing
- n the act of financing
- v obtain or provide money for
- v sell or provide on credit
finback
- n large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
finback whale
- n large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
fincen
- n a law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering
finch
- n any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
find
- n a productive insight
- n the act of discovering something
- v come upon, as if by accident; meet with
We find this idea in Plato - v discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
- v come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
Did you find your glasses?
I cannot find my gloves! - v establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
find the product of two numbers - v come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
I find him to be obnoxious - v perceive or be contemporaneous with
- v get something or somebody for a specific purpose
- v make a discovery, make a new finding
- v make a discovery
- v obtain through effort or management
- v decide on and make a declaration about
find someone guilty - v receive a specified treatment (abstract)
These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation - v perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place
- v get or find back; recover the use of
- v succeed in reaching; arrive at
- v accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation
My son went to Berkeley to find himself
finder
- n someone who comes upon something after searching
- n someone who is the first to observe something
- n optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest
finder's fee
- n a fee that is paid to someone who finds a source of financial backing or to someone who brings people together for business purposes