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niˌɛradjective
1.
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.
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Pecuniary
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Example Sentences
- In order to justify policy intervention, these concerns must be about externalities, either pecuniary or technological.
- The student's best interests should always be given higher priority than an institution's pecuniary interests.
- Perhaps they're put off by the principle of the thing, rather than the pecuniary loss.
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Word Origin & History
pecuniary
c.1500, from L. pecuniarius "pertaining to money," from pecunia "money, property, wealth," from pecu "cattle, flock," from PIE base *peku- (cf. Skt. pasu- "cattle," Goth. faihu "money, fortune," O.E. feoh "cattle, money"). Livestock was the measure of wealth in the ancient world. For a related sense
EXPANDdevelopment in O.E., see fee. Cf. also Welsh tlws "jewel," cognate with Ir. tlus "cattle," connected via notion of "valuable thing."
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