Pecuniary
adjective
Related to money or finance.
He received pecuniary assistance from the government to set up his business.
Often appears as...
- pecuniary gain
- pecuniary interest
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Involving a penalty or fine that involves the payment of money.
The court imposed a pecuniary penalty for the offence.
Often appears as...
- pecuniary penalty
- pecuniary punishment
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
adjective
Related to money or finance.
He received pecuniary assistance from the government to set up his business.
Often appears as...
- pecuniary gain
- pecuniary interest
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Involving a penalty or fine that involves the payment of money.
The court imposed a pecuniary penalty for the offence.
Often appears as...
- pecuniary penalty
- pecuniary punishment
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Business Context
Pecuniary often appears in business and finance discussions or writing.
The company's pecuniary obligations must be met by the next fiscal quarter.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Tone
The word 'pecuniary' is neutral and does not imply anything positive or negative on its own.
The report outlines the pecuniary resources available to the department.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Cash
Pecuniary doesn't mean physical money like coins or notes, but anything related to money.
Her pecuniary success stemmed from wise investments, not just savings.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Context
Pecuniary often appears in business and finance discussions or writing.
The company's pecuniary obligations must be met by the next fiscal quarter.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Tone
The word 'pecuniary' is neutral and does not imply anything positive or negative on its own.
The report outlines the pecuniary resources available to the department.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Cash
Pecuniary doesn't mean physical money like coins or notes, but anything related to money.
Her pecuniary success stemmed from wise investments, not just savings.
Pro Tip 1/3Business Context
Pecuniary often appears in business and finance discussions or writing.
The company's pecuniary obligations must be met by the next fiscal quarter.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Tone
The word 'pecuniary' is neutral and does not imply anything positive or negative on its own.
The report outlines the pecuniary resources available to the department.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Cash
Pecuniary doesn't mean physical money like coins or notes, but anything related to money.
Her pecuniary success stemmed from wise investments, not just savings.
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Quote examples
Murray Rothbard
American Economist
The politician and the government expert receive their revenues, not from service voluntarily purchased on the market, but from a compulsory levy on the populace. These officials, therefore, wholly lack the pecuniary incentive to care about serving the public properly and competently.
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Thorstein Veblen
American Economist
The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods.
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Leland Stanford
American Businessman
There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen.
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Lucy Stone
American Activist
But I do believe that a woman's truest place is in a home, with a husband and with children, and with large freedom, pecuniary freedom, personal freedom, and the right to vote.
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Rajnath Singh
Indian Politician
We have freedom of religion in our country, yet we must guard against forcible conversions or through pecuniary enticements.
Quote examples
Murray Rothbard
American Economist
The politician and the government expert receive their revenues, not from service voluntarily purchased on the market, but from a compulsory levy on the populace. These officials, therefore, wholly lack the pecuniary incentive to care about serving the public properly and competently.
Quote examples
Thorstein Veblen
American Economist
The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods.
Quote examples
Leland Stanford
American Businessman
There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen.
Quote examples
Lucy Stone
American Activist
But I do believe that a woman's truest place is in a home, with a husband and with children, and with large freedom, pecuniary freedom, personal freedom, and the right to vote.
Quote examples
Rajnath Singh
Indian Politician
We have freedom of religion in our country, yet we must guard against forcible conversions or through pecuniary enticements.
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