financier
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financiers
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verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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Etymology
Origin of financier
From French, dating back to 1610–20; see origin at finance, -ier 2
Explanation
A financier is someone who handles big clients and big financial transactions. A financier is the high-profile star of a company and the envy of the overworked entry-level workers. The suffix -ier in financier tells you that this word refers to a person who has something to do with finance. But where does the word finance come from? Long ago, it meant "to settle or end a debt," which you can see in fin, the Old French word for "end." But as financial work evolved, it came to also encompass taxation and revenue, not just debt collection.
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The list also includes a nearly $76 million townhouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side owned by the ex-wife of billionaire financier John Paulson and a property owned by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
In a 2003 interview with Hello! magazine, Lord Snowdon named weekend guests such as the ballerina Margot Fonteyn, financier Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, comedian Peter Sellers, actor Sir John Mills, and author Edna O’Brien.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Laguna Beach real estate mogul Mohammad Honarkar was awarded $1.34 billion in a dispute with a local financier, who has been arrested on federal bank fraud charges in another case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Like many others who have spoken to the committee as it investigates Epstein's connections to the wealthy and powerful, Black said the disgraced financier had deceived him.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Although he came from a modest background–his father was a farmer in upstate New York–his uncle was the supremely rich and extraordinarily indulgent financier George Peabody.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
I’m bored of studios and indie financiers forcing filmmakers to stick to so-called bankable names.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
At one point in the bankruptcy, it pitted three creditor groups against one another, threatening to raise capital with third-party financiers at the expense of some existing lenders, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Kori Adelson, president of North Road Films — one of the financiers behind “Backrooms” — predicts this shift also will change how studios weigh “price point to risk.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Some finance ministers, central bankers and financiers have since expressed serious concerns about it, fearing the model could undermine the security of all financial systems.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
They were addressed to government officials: the attorney general and the secretary of labor of the United States; a Supreme Court justice; and two of the nation’s leading financiers.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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