pecuniary
of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
consisting of or given or exacted in money or monetary payments: pecuniary tributes.
(of a crime, violation, etc.) involving a money penalty or fine.
Origin of pecuniary
1synonym study For pecuniary
Other words from pecuniary
- pe·cu·ni·ar·i·ly [pi-kyoo-nee-air-i-lee], /pɪˌkyu niˈɛər ɪ li/, adverb
- non·pe·cu·ni·ar·y, adjective
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How to use pecuniary in a sentence
Pecuniarily the concerts were likewise a success, although the concert-giver was of a different opinion.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksThe more the guests ate and drank the better, pecuniarily, for their hosts.
Auld Licht Idylls | J. M. BarrieBut how different is the feeling towards you, when your neighbors can make nothing more out of you, politically or pecuniarily.
Of these the letter to Habeneck proved useful to Wagner from the artistic point of view; that to Schlesinger useful pecuniarily.
Richard Wagner | John F. RuncimanThe accessories of any devout observance should be pecuniarily above reproach.
The Theory of the Leisure Class | Thorstein Veblen
British Dictionary definitions for pecuniary
/ (pɪˈkjuːnɪərɪ) /
consisting of or relating to money
law (of an offence) involving a monetary penalty
Origin of pecuniary
1Derived forms of pecuniary
- pecuniarily, adverb
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