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

/ faɪ-, fɪˈnænʃəl /

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

Other Word Forms

• financially adverb
• nonfinancial adjective
• nonfinancially adverb
• prefinancial adjective
• quasi-financial adjective
• quasi-financially 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

The pressure to deliver a picture-perfect holiday is immense, and the financial cost can be steep.

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Most of these leveraged financial products are intended to be held for short durations.

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With financial stress on the rise in the U.S.,

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As a financial professional, she was well aware that her coffee habit required spending money she could have otherwise invested.

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I have no CPA or financial advisers around, and no one to ask that won’t gossip about the money to people that live here.

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Related Words

• commercial 
• economic 
• fiscal 
• monetary