financial

[ fi-nan-shuhl, fahy- ]

adjective

1. pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; pertaining or relating to money matters; pecuniary:

   financial operations.

2. of or relating to those commonly engaged in dealing with money and credit.

noun

1. financials, financial information or data about a company, as balance sheets and price-earnings ratio.

financial

/ fɪˈnænʃəl; faɪ- /

adjective

1. of or relating to finance or finances
2. of or relating to persons who manage money, capital, or credit
3. informal.
   having money; in funds
4. (of a club member) fully paid-up

Derived Forms

• fiˈnancially, adverb

Other Words From

• fi·nancial·ly adverb
• nonfi·nancial adjective
• nonfi·nancial·ly adverb
• prefi·nancial adjective
• quasi-fi·nancial adjective
• quasi-fi·nancial·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of financial¹

First recorded in 1760–70; finance + -ial

Synonym Study

Financial, fiscal, monetary, pecuniary refer to matters concerned with money. Financial usually refers to money matters or transactions of some size or importance: a financial wizard. Fiscal is used especially in connection with government funds, or those of any organization: the end of the fiscal year. Monetary relates especially to money as such: a monetary system or standard. Pecuniary refers to money as used in making ordinary payments: a pecuniary obligation or reward.

Example Sentences

First, his credentials: He did international mergers and acquisitions at Lazard, a financial and asset management firm.

From The Daily Beast

To most of the world, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is a convicted sex offender and a financial grifter.

From The Daily Beast

That could include private financial or personal information—like the credit-card numbers you used to pay for the corrupted Wi-Fi.

From The Daily Beast

Despite the financial remedy, partial repeal of the screen quota has imperiled the domestic market.

From The Daily Beast

Neither Smith nor Marx can carry us far into the guts of globalized financial capitalism.

From The Daily Beast

The temptation to pour his financial troubles into the sympathetic ears of these two dear women he resisted.

From Project Gutenberg

My new-found old schoolmate had become the financial manager of a great business house having ramifications throughout the world.

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Financial depression had succeeded a time of wild excitement, and the Midland dividend had fallen from seven to two per cent.

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When an article is written, the financial reward (and we may as well live as not) is a matter of certainty.

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He and his friends obtained the lease, for thirty-one years, of a rival line, which turned out a great financial success.

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Related Words

• commercial
• economic
• fiscal
• monetary