Pecuniary

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /pɪˈkjuːn(jÉ™)ɹi/
• US IPA: /pəˈkjuniɛɹi/

Origin

From Latin pecūniārius, from pecūnia ("money").

Full definition of pecuniary

Adjective

1. Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
• 1858, Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne, Chapter IV: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.
• 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21:The views of philosophers, with few exceptions, have coincided with the pecuniary interests of their class.