financial

adjective fi·nan·cial \ fə-ˈnan(t)-shəl , fī- \

Updated on: 20 Apr 2018

Definition of financial

: relating to finance or financiers

financial aid

the financial district

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financially

play \fə-ˈnan(t)-sh(ə-)lē, fī-\ adverb

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Examples of financial in a Sentence

The company is headed for financial disaster.
a family struggling with financial problems
I would like some financial advice before I buy this house.

Recent Examples of financial from the Web

Two-fifths of the doctors did not disclose their financial relationships with drug and device companies to patients.

— angira patel, STAT, "Is it ever OK for doctors to lie to their patients?," 17 Apr. 2018
This is not a service based on financial need; rather based on physical need.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The South Windsor Edition," 17 Apr. 2018
Its financial troubles have been compounded by an investigation by federal safety experts into a fatal crash on March 23 that involved a Tesla Model X sport-utility vehicle that was operating with its Autopilot driver-assistance system engaged.

— neal e. boudette, New York Times, "Tesla to Halt Production of Model 3 Cars Temporarily," 16 Apr. 2018
Lanvin’s financial troubles were so deep that the fashion house was having trouble paying employees under its previous ownership, which included majority investor Shaw-Lan Wang, of Taiwan, according to people familiar with the company’s situation.

— matthew dalton, WSJ, "Chinese Companies Pay Up to Invest in Luxury Brands," 13 Apr. 2018
To be sure, a taxpayer who is in financial trouble can request that the federal government that settle a tax liability for payment of less than the full amount owed.

— susan tompor, Detroit Free Press, "Owe the IRS? Top tax payment questions, answers," 11 Apr. 2018
Mesereau, who won an acquittal in Michael Jackson's 2005 child molestation case, told the jury instead that Constand was in deep financial trouble and had pinned her hopes on milking her relationship with Cosby.

— CBS News, "Bill Cosby's lawyer launches blistering attack on Andrea Constand," 10 Apr. 2018
But as Neda Ulaby reports for NPR, financial troubles have forced the organization that publishes the book to cease producing updated versions of Our Bodies, Ourselves, marking the end of an era for a revolutionary feminist text.

— brigit katz, Smithsonian, "‘Our Bodies, Ourselves,’ the Revolutionary Feminist Health Book, Will No Longer Print New Editions," 10 Apr. 2018
Mesereau, who won an acquittal in Michael Jackson's 2005 child molestation case, told the jury instead that Constand was in deep financial trouble and had pinned her hopes on milking her relationship with Cosby.

— Fox News, "Cosby's lawyer slams Andrea Constand as a 'con artist': 'And we'll prove it'," 10 Apr. 2018

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