The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

finances \finances\ n.
   assets in the form of money.

   Syn: funds, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary
        resource.
        [WordNet 1.5]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

finances
    n 1: assets in the form of money [syn: funds, finances,
         monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

38 Moby Thesaurus words for "finances":
   Lombard Street, Swiss bank account, Wall Street banking, assets,
   balance, bank account, bottom dollar, budget, cash reserves,
   checking account, command of money, economics, exchequer, finance,
   fund, funds, high finance, international banking,
   investment banking, kitty, life savings, means, money matters,
   moneys, nest egg, pecuniary resources, pocket, pool, purse,
   reserves, resources, savings, savings account, substance, treasure,
   unregistered bank account, wherewithal, world of finance



Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

FINANCES. By this word is understood the revenue, or public resources or
money of the state.