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Pecuniary

//pəˈkjuniˌɛɹi// adj

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

Etymology

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

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