Financier

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /fɪˈnænsɪə/
• US IPA: /faɪnænˈsɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Origin

Borrowing from fr {{2}} financier.

Noun

1. A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.
• 2013-06-22, Engineers of a different kind, Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
2. A company that does the same.
3. One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.
4. A light, spongy teacake, usually based on almond flour or flavoring.
5. A traditional French (Ragoût a la Financière) or Piemontese (Finanziera alla piemontese) rich sauce or ragout, made with coxcomb, wattles, cock's testicles, chicken livers and a variety of other ingredients.