fi·nan·cial

[fi-nan-shuhl, fahy-]
adjective
1.
pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; pertaining or relating to money matters; pecuniary: financial operations.
2.
of or pertaining to those commonly engaged in dealing with money and credit.
noun
3.
financials, financial information or data about a company, as balance sheets and price-earnings ratio.

Origin:
1760–70; finance + -ial

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


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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financial (fɪˈnænʃəl, faɪ-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  of or relating to finance or finances
2.  of or relating to persons who manage money, capital, or credit
3.  informal (Austral), (NZ) having money; in funds
4.  (Austral), (NZ) (of a club member) fully paid-up
 
fi'nancially
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

financial
1760s, from finance + -al (1). Related: Financially.
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Example sentences
Personal finance tools have long played a couple of roles: money manager and
  financial product advocate.
The favorable business climate has particularly spurred growth in banking and
  financial services.
News about counterfeit money and financial instruments.
Yet despite large museums' financial advantage, small, esoteric museums have
  held on tenaciously.
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