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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Board member Kelly Gonez reflected on the challenge to understand the financial situation.
From Los Angeles Times
But in a move to reassure financial markets and business, Jenrick will promise to reform the OBR, rather than abolish the economic forecaster.
From BBC
Investor Stanley Druckenmiller’s Duquesne Family Office took on new stakes in U.S. financial companies, Brazil stocks, and U.S. airlines among other shifts in the fourth quarter as he added to stakes of Google and Amazon.
From Barron's
He said he wouldn’t have bought the product if he knew they weren’t wings, causing him financial harm.
Armed with pickaxes and shovels, they have been sifting through the soil in scenes reminiscent of the gold rush that helped built South Africa's financial capital more than a century ago.
From BBC
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