pecuniary

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /pɪˈkjuːn(jə)ɹi/
• (America) IPA: /pəˈkjuniɛɹi/

Adjective

pecuniary (not comparable)

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.

Translations

• French: monétaire
• German: monetär, Geld
• Portuguese: monetário
• Russian: де́нежный
• Spanish: monetario

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