pecuniary.

Concerning money or financial matters.

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Words that belong together

• pecuniary interest
• pecuniary loss

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Members disclosed any pecuniary interest in the proposed contract.

The report separated pecuniary loss from injury to reputation.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Relational adjective; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: financial analysis, risk evaluation, comparison, explanation. Disciplines: economics, finance, business. Commonness: moderately common.