–noun

1.	an occupation or profession, esp. one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.

2.	a person's progress or general course of action through life or through a phase of life, as in some profession or undertaking: His career as a soldier ended with the armistice.

3.	success in a profession, occupation, etc.

4.	a course, esp. a swift one.

5.	speed, esp. full speed: The horse stumbled in full career.

6.	Archaic. a charge at full speed.

–verb (used without object)

7.	to run or move rapidly along; go at full speed.

–adjective

8.	having or following a career; professional: a career diplomat.

–noun

1.	the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, esp. those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.

2.	finances, the monetary resources, as of a government, company, organization, or individual; revenue.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to supply with money or capital; obtain money or credit for.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to raise money or capital needed for financial operations.