Word:
Pecuniary
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Relating to or in the form of money
Sentences:
1) His fraud makes a good pecuniary sense.
2) The judge recused himself from the case because he had a pecuniary interest in the company that was being sued.
3) All the pecuniary matters of the institute are looked after by the treasurer.
Origin:
From Latin pecunia which means 'money'.
First use:
1502
Synonyms:
dollars-and-cents, fiscal, monetary, financial, pocket
Antonyms:
nonfinancial
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