pecuniary

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I have got into a difficulty--pecuniary, of course; and as the law of liability in this city happens to be a trifle more stringent than our amiable British code, I have no alternative but to bid good-bye to the towers of Notre Dame.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to money: a pecuniary loss; pecuniary motives.
  2. adjective Requiring payment of money: a pecuniary offense.

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  • With them the mercenary and the pecuniary are ever distinct from the religious. —  Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People'
  • There you perfectly are about the man, and it's precisely what I say--that he's to hustle and harry me because he's a money-monster: which I never for a moment dreamed of, please understand, when I let you, John, thrust him at me as a pecuniary resource at Dedborough. —  The Outcry
  • The subject, the man, and the occasion are the points to be treated, and in this order, perhaps Again, my old and dear friend, I am very glad and hope the award will meet all your expectations--mental, pecuniary, and of every kind. —  A Military Genius Life of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland
  • Young ladies who were acknowledged to have the most attractions, pecuniary or personal, who simpered and smiled to twenty young philanderers, as they took their morning glass, now poured down their lukewarm solution in indignant solitude, if Mrs Rainscourt and her daughter made their appearance on the promenade. —  The King's Own
  • Shel advised him to wait till to-morrow before taking action and give Clarence time to think over the matter and see if it would not be better for his pecuniary interests to remain a silent partner You know," urged he, "that he has got a good deal of type, and though he works too quickly to admit him as active partner, he might do very well as a retired one, and thus keep the peace. —  The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin pecūniārius, from pecūnia, property, wealth; see peku- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. =F. pécuniaire = Provencal pecuniari = Spanish Portuguese Italian pecuniario, from Latin pecuniarius, also pecuniaris, pertaining to money, from pecunia, money: see pecunie.
 

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