Obs. rare. [f. F. finance: see FINANCE sb.1 and -ANCY.] = FINANCE sb.1 3, 6.
1656. in Blount, Glossogr. [citing Bacon].
1727. Arbuthnot, Anct. Coins, Diss. Navig., 227. His Pretence for making War upon his Neighbours was their Pyracies; tho’ when he [Philip of Macedon] wanted Money he practised the same Trade; particularly when he was straitned in his Financies at the Siege of Byzantium.
