Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to money.
- adjective Requiring payment of money.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to money: as, pecuniary affairs or losses.
- Consisting of money: as, a pecuniary reward or penalty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Relating to money; monetary
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to,
money ;monetary ,financial .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or involving money
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He had always feared that an alliance based on a footing that was so openly "pecuniary," — he declared that the word pecuniary expressed his meaning better than any other epithet, — could not lead to matrimonial happiness.
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He had always feared that an alliance based on a footing that was so openly "pecuniary," -- he declared that the word pecuniary expressed his meaning better than any other epithet, -- could not lead to matrimonial happiness.
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It will be of advantage to her, and to me, both in pecuniary and other respects.
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One out-of-town paper even warned the WMP not to walk the path of religious wrangling, reminding them that in pecuniary matters we may unite, but in religion we never can.
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840
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Awarding performance bonuses based on estimated future cash flows and profits eliminates accountability and invites employees to maximize short-term pecuniary goals while risking the company's viability.
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It was whilst undertaking a journey on his behalf, at a time when he was in pecuniary difficulties, that she contracted the illness that resulted in her losing the active use of her lower limbs.
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He had always feared that an alliance based on a footing that was so openly “pecuniary” — he declared that the word pecuniary expressed his meaning better than any other epithet — could not lead to matrimonial happiness.
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The charge I publicly bring against Mr Norton (who has brought so many against me) is a far graver charge than any injustice in pecuniary matters.
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[37] See, in Pope's epistle to Lord Bathurst, his sketch of the difficulties and uses of a currency literally "pecuniary" -- (consisting of herds of cattle).
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If you look at the codes in many states, I don ` t care what your crime was, you don ` t get arrested and thrown behind bars on a technical pecuniary, which is a money infraction, like, you don ` t pay your restitution.
frogapplause commented on the word pecuniary
It is likewise astonishing that people select homes, mostly for pecuniary betterment, when their children will mate or mismate with those whom they are thus thrown.
—Country life in Georgia
May 11, 2010