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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“Kontigo is committed to expanding access to financial services to the underserved,” the spokesman said.
Such laws require financial businesses that serve Americans to verify the identities of their customers, among other measures.
There is also more insight into her financial dealings with Epstein, and her requests for money from him.
From BBC
Disney is scheduled to report fiscal first-quarter financial results before the stock market opens on Monday.
From Barron's
But the bylaws say its financial secretary is supposed to “furnish an audited report of the Union which shall be printed in the Union’s publication.”
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