Financial

Pronunciation

• IPA: /faɪˈnænʃəl/, /fɪˈnænʃəl/

Origin

finance + -al

Full definition of financial

Adjective

1. Related to finances.
• 2013-06-22, Engineers of a different kind, 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.
2. Having dues and fees paid up to date for a club or society.
   a financial member

Usage notes

Not to be confused with fiscal, which means more narrowly “pertaining to a treasury, particularly to government spending and revenue”, rather than to money generally.

Derived terms

• financial market
• financial year
• financial regulation

Related terms

• finances
• financier