FINANCIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does financial mean? 

• FINANCIAL (adjective)
  The adjective FINANCIAL has 1 sense:

1. involving financial matters

  Familiarity information: FINANCIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FINANCIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Involving financial matters

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

financial; fiscal

Context example:

fiscal responsibility

Antonym:

nonfinancial (not involving financial matters)

Pertainym:

finance (the commercial activity of providing funds and capital)

Derivation:

finance (the commercial activity of providing funds and capital)

finance (the management of money and credit and banking and investments)

finance (the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets)

 Context examples 

Responsible for a broad range of Office of the Director strategic and financial management activities.

(Budget and Financial Management Office, NCI Thesaurus)

A mechanism for collaboration between government and outside scientists that legally defines intellectual property rights and financial and other responsibilities.

(Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, NCI Thesaurus)

You may not be able to work, causing financial problems.

(Coping with Chronic Illness, NIH)

Here it is, under the financial column.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Jupiter, the planet of good fortune and currently based in your financial eighth house, will be working with Uranus, the planet of surprise, now based behind the scenes.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

There may be a sudden change in the person's financial situation.

(Elder Abuse, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

A 30-item questionnaire about patient ability to function, symptoms related to the cancer and its treatment, overall health and quality of life, and perceived financial impact of cancer and its treatment.

(European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30, NCI Thesaurus)

A benefit, consideration, or positive motivational influence, financial or otherwise, given to induce a specific action.

(Incentive, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): safety, sales, financial, manufacturing, Review Board contact

(Organizational Contact Type Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF) In the past 7 days, my illness has caused a financial strain for me and my family.

(PDQUALIF - Financial Strain in Past 7 Days, NCI Thesaurus)