Noun

(en noun)

(finance) An entity that provides financing

* {{quote-news, 2009, January 24, Tara Siegel Bernard, Costs and Tighter Rules Thwart Refinancings, New York Times citation

, passage=And only a select few borrowers with pristine credit can secure the most attractive rates: for the week that ended Jan. 15, rates on a 30-year fixed mortgage sank to 5.12 percent, the 11th consecutive weekly drop and the lowest rate since the big mortgage financer Freddie Mac began tracking them in 1971. }} ----

Noun

(en noun)

A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers . Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.}}

A company that does the same.

One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.

(Burke)

A light, spongy teacake, usually based on almond flour or flavoring.

A traditional French (Ragoût a la Financière'') or Piemontese (''Finanziera alla piemontese ) rich sauce or ragout, made with coxcomb, wattles, cock's testicles, chicken livers and a variety of other ingredients.