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financier

Syllables: fi·nan·ci·er/f(a)ɪˈnæn.sɪ.ə/US/f(a)ɪnænˈsɪɚ/

financier noun: a person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.

financier: a person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions
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Noun

financier (plural financiers)

  1. A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.
    • Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their...2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70
  2. A company that does the same.
  3. One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.
    • The English financier was obliged to raise new taxes to pay the interest of this immense sum ; the financier of France did no such thing1781, Edmund Burke, The Budget for the Year 1781
  4. A light, spongy teacake, usually based on almond flour or flavoring.
    • ‘Excuse me, can we order some fresh financiers? I know we haven’t finished our mains yet but we’re in rather a hurry.’2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 273
  5. A traditional French (Ragoût à la Financière) or Piemontese (Finanziera alla piemontese) rich sauce or ragout, made with coxcomb, wattles, cock's testicles, chicken livers and a variety of other ingredients.

Verb

financier (third-person singular simple present financiers, present participle financiering, simple past and past participle financiered)

  1. (ambitransitive) To carry out financial transactions; to finance something.
    • So time crept on, and the day arrived when Sturk must pay his rent, or take the ugly consequences. The day before he spent in Dublin financiering. It was galling and barren work.1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

financier meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

financier in Hindi

फाइनेंसर, वित्तपोषी, वित्तदाता

financier in Tamil

நிதியாளர், பொருளியல் ஆட்சி வல்லுநர்

financier in Marathi

वित्तपुरवठा करणारा, अर्थसाहाय्य करणारा, अर्थसाहाय्यकर्ता

financier in Urdu

فنانسر, فنانشیئر
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financier in Bengali
অর্থায়নকারী, অর্থায়নকারীকে
financier in Telugu
ఫైనాన్షియర్, ఫైనాన్సియర్
financier in Malayalam
ഫിനാൻസിയർ phināṉsiyaṟ
financier in Kannada
ಬಂಡವಾಳಗಾರ, ಹಣಹೂಡುವವನು, ವಿತ್ತ ಪರಿಣತ, ಹಣಕಾಸಿನ ತಜ್ಞ
financier in Gujarati
ફાઇનાન્સિયર, ફાઇનાન્સર
financier in Odia
ଅର୍ଥପ୍ରଦାନକାରୀ, ଅର୍ଥ ପ୍ରଦାନକାରୀ, ଅର୍ଥଦାତା
financier in Nepali
फाइनान्सियर, वित्तकर्ता, वित्तदाता

Examples of financier in a sentence

  • The financiers cooked up an instrument called a collateralized debt obligation.
  • The Progressives were of the educated middle class, angry at the rule of parvenu financiers and industrialists.
  • This verdict was, in untechnical language, an effective reproof for “Supermannish” methods of financiering.

All 15 example sentences with financier

Forms of financier

Noun
pluralfinanciers
Verb
third-person singular presentfinanciers
present participlefinanciering
past participlefinanciered
pastfinanciered

Plural of financier: financiers

Origin of financier

Unadapted borrowing from French financier.

Words formed from financier

Words that rhyme with financier

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Questions about financier

What does financier mean?
Financier means a person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.
What is financier in Hindi?
Financier in Hindi is फाइनेंसर, वित्तपोषी, वित्तदाता. See Financier meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is financier?
Financier can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce financier?
Financier is pronounced /f(a)ɪˈnæn.sɪ.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of financier?
The plural of financier is financiers.

Words near financier in the dictionary

  1. financialized
  2. financializes
  3. financializing
  4. financially
  5. financials
  6. financier
  7. financiered
  8. financieress
  9. financieresses
  10. financiering
  11. financiers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: financier (page history and authors); financier (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); financier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); financier (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); financier (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); financier (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); financier (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); financier (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); financier (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); financier (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); financier (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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