financial
Americanadjective
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pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; pertaining or relating to money matters; pecuniary.
financial operations.
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of or relating to those commonly engaged in dealing with money and credit.
noun
adjective
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of or relating to finance or finances
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of or relating to persons who manage money, capital, or credit
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informal having money; in funds
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(of a club member) fully paid-up
Related Words
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.
Other Word Forms
- financially adverb
- nonfinancial adjective
- nonfinancially adverb
- prefinancial adjective
- quasi-financial adjective
- quasi-financially adverb
Etymology
Origin of financial
Example Sentences
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He cited three reasons why gold has fallen this month: margin calls; a rise in value-at-risk, a tool to measure potential financial losses; and change in market expectations for U.S. interest rates.
From MarketWatch
A new court ruling makes it more important than ever to ask tough questions of anyone trying to sell you any financial product, especially when it comes to your retirement plans.
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"We know the financial pressures are there. It is only going to get harder," she said.
From BBC
Second, my favorite financial adviser never recommends annuities because they are generally not indexed for inflation.
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It’s been a standard mantra of financial advisers and commentators for about two generations.
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