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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From BBC
In a report on Monday, Fitch warned of the risk that Paramount’s financial and leverage targets will slip, and downgraded the group’s credit rating to BB+ from BBB-, and placed it on rating watch negative.
He’s been known to scoop up shares before, including in 2023 when financial stocks sold off in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure.
From MarketWatch
The lead economist for Ramp, a startup that provides financial services to companies, said that about 20% of the businesses on his platform pay for Anthropic, up from 4% a year ago.
Nasser initially enjoyed the flexibility of zero-hours work, which she took on alongside a full-time job at a financial services firm, but now says she feels "stuck in a cycle".
From BBC
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