financial

Etymology

finance + -ial

adj

  1. Related to finances.
    For financial reasons, we're not going to be able to continue to fund this program.
    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. 2013-06-22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70
    A Cultural Revolution is a movement designed to preserve the political and financial power of a ruling elite by social rather than political or financial means. January 18, 2019, Charles Hugh Smith, The West's Descent into 'Cultural Revolution'
  2. Having dues and fees paid up to date for a club or society.
    Jerry is a financial member of the club.

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