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financier

financier

36 7.5
A person who manages large amounts of money for banks or companies
  • noun
  • /fɪˈnænʃiˌɛr/
translation icon : financiero
  • As a successful financier, she advised clients on how to invest their money wisely.
  • merchants and financiers
  • leaders and financiers
  • terrorist financiers

What would be some potential questions a financier might ask if I pitch this idea?

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Examples

  • The most important deal maker and financier of the day was J Pierpont Morgan, whose nickname on the street was Jupiter, suggesting godly power.

  • What would be some potential questions a financier might ask if I pitch this idea?

  • So I had the script, the star, a director and a possible financier.

  • And being a leading financier confers extraordinary influence over other countries that need funds, especially in times of crisis.

    Academic text (2011)
  • An American financier named Leon Giler.

  • The crucial challenge facing policymakers and financiers is the development of a stronger infrastructure for global capitalism.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The financier was responsible for securing funding for several major construction projects.

  • Many financiers believe in diversifying investments to minimize risk and maximize returns.

Synonyms

investor
vsfinancier
715 3.1

A person or company who gives money to a business to try to make money

focuses on managing and directing large financial operations rather than just funding
banker
vsfinancier
446 2.1

A person who works in a bank and helps customers with money

manages and directs large scale financial operations across banking and business
moneyman
vsfinancier
2 6.8

A person who manages large amounts of money for businesses

focuses on managing large financial operations or investments

Antonyms

46 3.4

A person new to an activity who has little experience

Compounds

A person who works in banks or finance firms in the City of London

How Influential

tycoon
38 5.5
financier
36 7.5
banker
446 2.1
investor
715 3.1
investment advisor
  • Texting
7 3.6

Surface Forms

financier singular
financiers plural

Morphology

financier = finance (semi-transparent) = finance + ier

The word is clearly built on finance plus the agentive suffix -ier, but the suffix is somewhat specialized and the form is a loanword from French.

Etymology

Financier comes from the word finance, which originally meant a payment to 'end' a debt and is related to the Latin finis 'end', the same root as final and finish. So a financier is someone who 'settles' or manages large sums of money and makes big financial deals happen.