Pecuniary

//pəˈkjuniˌɛɹi// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial. not-comparable

    "Perhaps the reader will suppose after this that the doctor had some pecuniary interest of his own in arranging the squire's loans; or, at any rate, he will think that the squire must have thought so."

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or involving money wordnet

Synonyms

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monetarycapitaleconomicfinancialmonetarypocket

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"The probability, therefore, is, that the whole theory or doctrine of what is called the redemption was originally fabricated on purpose to bring forward and build all those secondary and pecuniary redemptions upon."

Etymology

From Latin pecūniārius, from pecūnia (“money”), itself from pecū (“cattle”) and thus related to fee.

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pecuniary unit

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