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finance 1, noun (oh) and Park, Robert E(zra) (sh)


finance 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: finer 'to end, settle (a Debt)']
[U] the Management of money by governments, large organizations etc
::leasing and Other forms of business finance
::Russia's finance minister
::the world of high finance (=financial activities involving very large amounts of money)
finances [plural] the money that an organization or person has, and the way that they manage it
::concerns about the company's finances
::She refused to answer questions about her personal finances.
[U] money provided by a bank or Other institution to help buy or do something
finance for
::We need to raise finance for further research.

Park, Robert E(zra) (sh)




born Feb. 14, 1864, Harveyville, Pa., U.S.
died Feb. 7, 1944, Nashville, Tenn.

U.S. sociologist.

After 11 years as a newspaper reporter, Park attended various universities and studied with scholars such as John Dewey, William James, Josiah Royce, and Georg Simmel. He then worked for Booker T. Washington and later taught at the University of Chicago
where he was a leading figure in the "Chicago school" of sociology, characterized by empirical research and the use of human ecology models
and at Fisk University. He is noted for his work on ethnic groups, particularly African Americans, and on human ecology, a term he has been credited with coining. Park wrote Introduction to the Science of Sociology (1921) and The City (1925) with Ernest W. Burgess; Race and Culture (1950) and Human Communities (1952) were published posthumously.