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financial

financial

3.2
About money, banks, and how people manage it
  • adjective
  • /fəˈnænʃəl/
translation icon : financiero
  • He created a detailed plan to improve his financial situation and reduce his debts.
  • financial crisis
  • financial support
  • financial aid

Were we poor only in a financial mindset?

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Examples

  • Take action now to protect your financial future and your freedom.

  • Let's discuss a crucial aspect of your financial health, your credit report.

  • Almost no check on the financial system worked.

  • You need to think about your financial structure long term.

  • My Future Schools vision is all about financial education and skills.

  • I have never seen a financial bubble like this.

  • But right now my mind is focused on financial stability.

  • Recent figures report that top U.S. and European financial companies wrote off over one trillion dollars.

    Academic text (2011)
  • As the economy improves, many expect financial activity to continue its upward trend.

    Academic text (2011)
  • There is no doubting the financial success of Beckham's career.

Antonyms

1 4.6

Not about money or payments

Compounds

An organization that keeps people's money, gives loans, and offers other money services

55 2.6

Money or support that helps people pay for school and living costs

Money given to help pay for a project, charity, or person

financial statement
  • Specialized
18 3.6

An official paper that shows how much money a company or person has and how they use it

A person who looks after a company's money, receives payments, pays bills, and keeps records

Help by giving money or goods to people in need

A senior manager who looks after a company's money, makes budgets, and prepares financial reports

An increase in money from an investment or business activity

A person who studies a company's money and gives investment advice

A situation where a person or business has less money than before

The state of a person or company's money, things they own, and debts at a time

Money given to help a project, business, or person

4 3.3

An area in a city where banks and companies deal with money

An amount of money someone must pay to another person or company

A clear plan to save or spend money for a future purpose

financial analysis
  • Specialized
1 3.5

To look at a company's money records to see how well it makes money and stays stable

financial guru
  • Informal
1 4.9

A person who knows a lot about money and tells people how to manage it

1 3.0

A period of twelve months that businesses or governments use to record money and pay taxes

1 3.6

An official check of a company's financial records to make sure they are correct and follow the law

An estimate of a company's future income, costs, and money coming in and out

1 3.4

A business that holds, lends, and invests money, like a bank or investment firm

An organization that accepts people's money in accounts and lends or invests it

financial mire
  • Informal
7.7

A situation of serious money trouble that is hard to get out of

financial ratio
  • Specialized
3.9

A number that compares two money amounts in a company's accounts to show how well the company is doing

financial bloodbath
  • Literature
7.5

A time when many people or companies lose a lot of money in markets

A large loss of money from spending or bad investment

A part of the US government that works to stop money laundering and other crimes with money

A company that does not take deposits but raises money by selling investments or insurance

How Financial

fiscal
438 5.2
monetary
  • Specialized
205 4.4
financial
3.2
nonfinancial
1 4.6

Surface Forms

financial positive

Morphology

financial = finance (transparent) = finance + ial

Formed regularly from the noun 'finance' with the adjective-forming suffix '-ial', yielding a meaning directly related to money/banking.

Etymology

The word financial comes from finance, which goes back to the old word finis meaning 'end' and is the same root as final. A helpful way to remember this is to think of 'ending' a debt or payment, which links the word to money, banks and managing money.