The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Finance \Fi*nance"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Financed; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Financing.]
   To conduct the finances of; to provide for, and manage, the
   capital for; to financier.

         Securing foreign capital to finance multitudinous
         undertakings.                            --B. H.
                                                  Chamberlain.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]