financial
[fi-nan-shuh l, fahy-]
- pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; pertaining or relating to money matters; pecuniary: financial operations.
- of or relating to those commonly engaged in dealing with money and credit.
- financials, financial information or data about a company, as balance sheets and price-earnings ratio.
Origin of financial
Synonyms
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com1. 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.
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Examples from the Web for financial
Contemporary Examples
First, his credentials: He did international mergers and acquisitions at Lazard, a financial and asset management firm.
To most of the world, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is a convicted sex offender and a financial grifter.
Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen HawkingM.L. Nestel
January 8, 2015
Despite the financial remedy, partial repeal of the screen quota has imperiled the domestic market.
The housing bubble was at very the center of the financial crisis that birthed Dodd-Frank.
Like the financial sector, the housing industry is massively regulated in all sorts of ways.
Historical Examples
Our present financial condition is without a parallel in history.
The financial as well as this ecclesiastical question was a problem.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
He had, as well, intelligence, but it was not of a financial sort.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
This made him quite independent of Crane's financial bolstering.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
He wanted to be a pioneer only in financial paths; and after all, this was our mountain now.
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
financial
- of or relating to finance or finances
- of or relating to persons who manage money, capital, or credit
- Australian and NZ informal having money; in funds
- Australian and NZ (of a club member) fully paid-up
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Word Origin and History for financial
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