financial

Definition

Related to finances.

Etymology

From finance + -ial.

Example Sentences

• "For financial reasons, we're not going to be able to continue to fund this program."
• "Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today."
• "A Cultural Revolution is a movement designed to preserve the political and financial power of a ruling elite by social rather than political or financial means."

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