Synonyms for pecuniary

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pi-kyoo-nee-er-ee

Phonetic Transcription : pɪˈkyu niˌɛr i

Définition of pecuniary

Origin : c.1500, from Latin pecuniarius "pertaining to money," from pecunia "money, property, wealth," from pecu "cattle, flock," from PIE root *peku- "wealth, movable property, livestock" (cf. Sanskrit pasu- "cattle," Gothic faihu "money, fortune," Old English feoh "cattle, money").
Livestock was the measure of wealth in the ancient world. For a possible parallel sense development in Old English, see fee, and cf., evolving in the other direction, cattle. Cf. also Welsh tlws "jewel," cognate with Irish tlus "cattle," connected via notion of "valuable thing."

adj financial

Example sentences :

I assure you, my dear Sir, that you truly hurt me with your pecuniary parcel.
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

The corporation for pecuniary gain has neither body nor soul.
Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee

Its only aim is pecuniary gain, to which it subordinates all else.
Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee

It had better not be based on pecuniary obligations; these more often mar than make a friendship.
Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato

I suppose you know his pecuniary condition perfectly; has he money?
Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable

The cost no more entered into his calculations in a personal than a pecuniary sense.
Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

Pecuniary assistance was therefore not to be had from him, and the sisters were penniless.
Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

With them the mercenary and the pecuniary are ever distinct from the religious.
Extract from : « Patchwork » by Anna Balmer Myers

"Oh, I didn't mean any pecuniary recompense," he said, a little nettled.
Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan

But no pecuniary considerations lay at the bottom of his selection.
Extract from : « The Two Admirals » by J. Fenimore Cooper

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