financial [fi-nan -shuh l, fahy-]
Synonyms Examples Word Origin
pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; pertaining or relating to money matters; pecuniary: financial operations. of or relating to those commonly engaged in dealing with money and credit. Show More
financials, financial information or data about a company, as balance sheets and price-earnings ratio. Show More
Origin of financial First recorded in
1760–70; finance +
-ial Related forms fi·nan·cial·ly , adverb non·fi·nan·cial , adjective non·fi·nan·cial·ly , adverb pre·fi·nan·cial , adjective qua·si-fi·nan·cial , adjective qua·si-fi·nan·cial·ly , adverb Synonyms for financial 1 . 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.
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Examples from the Web for financially Contemporary Examples of financially Instead, it appears that the Obama administration has opted to punish North Korea financially .
I am not the most financially literate person (I would be hard-pressed to articulate the term “junk bond”).
Confusion about who is financially backing the project is mounting.
It, too, soon abandoned the mission, finding it both logistically and financially impossible.
At the time, last March, the then-46-year-old Omidyar was being heralded as a patron saint of the financially beleaguered newsbiz.
Historical Examples of financially Why, yes, I did hear that they were in a tighter box than ever, financially .
It was a serious responsibility to assume, both morally and financially .
I came today only because things are particularly rotten, financially , just now.
Financially and otherwise the bank-clerk is one of our best securities.
Not where are they socially, nor financially , nor educationally.
British Dictionary definitions for financially of or relating to finance or finances of or relating to persons who manage money, capital, or credit Australian and NZ informal having money; in funds Australian and NZ (of a club member) fully paid-up Show More
Derived Forms financially , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Word Origin and History for financially adj. 1769, from finance (n.) + -al (1). Related: Financially .
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