stackyFACTSIt turns out the entire concept of managing money originated from the urgent need to simply make someone stop bothering you. Originating from the Old French word 'fin', meaning to settle a debt or finalize an argument, the terminology perfectly encapsulates the grim reality of just paying someone off to make a problem disappear.
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