of or pertaining to money: pecuniary difficulties.
2.
consisting of or given or exacted in money or monetary payments: pecuniary tributes.
3.
(of a crime, violation, etc.) involving a money penalty or fine.
Origin: 1495–1505; < L pecūniārius, deriv. of pecūnia property, money (pecūn-, deriv. of pecū flock (see peculiar), with -ūn- as in tribūnatribune1, fortūnafortune, etc. + -ia-ia); see -ary
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