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pecuniary

UK/pɪˈkjuːn(jə)ɹi//pəˈkjuniˌɛɹi/

pecuniary adjective: of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.

Adjective

pecuniary (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
    • Perhaps the reader will suppose after this that the doctor had some pecuniary interest of his own in arranging the squire's loans; or, at any rate, he will think that the squire must have thought so.1858, Anthony Trollope, “Chapter IV”, in Doctor Thorne. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC
    • The views of philosophers, with few exceptions, have coincided with the pecuniary interests of their class.1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21

pecuniary meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

pecuniary in Tamil

பணஞ் சார்ந்த, பணஞ்சார்ந்த, பணவகையிலான, சார்ந்த

pecuniary in Urdu

مالی, زری

pecuniary in Bengali

আর্থিক, অর্থঘটিত, টাকাপয়সা সংক্রান্ত

pecuniary in Malayalam

പണം വകയായ, പണംകൊണ്ടുള്ള, ധനവിഷയകമായ, സാമ്പത്തികമായ
More languagesFewer languages
pecuniary in Kannada
ಹಣದ, ಹಣಕಾಸಿನ, ಆರ್ಥಿಕ, ಧನಸಂಬಂಧವಾದ
pecuniary in Arabic
نَقْدِيّ naqdiyy, مَالِيّ māliyy
pecuniary in Persian
پولی puli, مالی mâli

Origin of pecuniary

From Latin pecūniārius, from pecūnia (“money”), itself from pecū (“cattle”) and thus related to fee.

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Questions about pecuniary

What does pecuniary mean?
Pecuniary means of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
What is pecuniary in Tamil?
Pecuniary in Tamil is பணஞ் சார்ந்த, பணஞ்சார்ந்த, பணவகையிலான. See Pecuniary meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pecuniary?
Pecuniary is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pecuniary?
Pecuniary is pronounced /pɪˈkjuːn(jə)ɹi/ (UK).

Words near pecuniary in the dictionary

  1. peculium
  2. peculs
  3. pecunial
  4. pecuniar
  5. pecuniarily
  6. pecuniary
  7. pecuniary unit
  8. pecuniary units
  9. pecuniosity
  10. pecunious
  11. ped

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pecuniary (page history and authors); pecuniary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pecuniary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pecuniary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pecuniary (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pecuniary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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