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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After experiencing the Asian financial crisis as a teen, Ji entered a tough job market in his 20s, submitting around 60-70 applications to land a job.
From BBC
She felt the others had different values and financial circumstances to her, as many had finance jobs in the city.
From BBC
Simulating the investing approach that financial advisers recommend—buying and holding index funds for a long time—isn’t thrilling, and indeed, nearly two-thirds of simulated trades on Webull are options trades.
The other possibility: Immediate tension will fade and the market can get back to focusing on more familiar financial issues, such as artificial intelligence and the price of gold.
From Barron's
That is especially true in competitive electricity markets where he says power producers haven’t had a financial incentive to invest sufficient capital into plant maintenance or new construction but new power generation is now needed.
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