单词 | financial |
释义 | financialfi‧nan‧cial /fəˈnænʃəl, faɪ-/ ●●● W1 AWL adjective [usually before noun] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUS► financial Collocations relating to money or the management of money: · businesses that provide personal financial services· the financial problems of old age ► economic relating to the money of a country, area, or society, and the way it is earned, spent, and controlled: · American voters were anxious for a change in economic policy.· an economic crisis ► fiscal [only before noun] formal relating to the money, debts, tax etc that are owned and managed by the government: · fiscal control· The Indian government is trying to reduce the fiscal deficit. ► monetary [only before noun] formal relating to money, especially all the money in a country, and how it is managed: · The Bank of Thailand has retained a tight monetary policy.· the European Monetary System ► budgetary [only before noun] formal relating to the official plan of how the money of a country or organization is spent: · City officials are facing tough budgetary decisions.· the process of budgetary control Longman Language Activatorrelating to money and the way it is used► financial connected with money - use this about the way that people and organizations use and control their money: · Wall Street is the financial center of the US.· There is a possibility of a full-scale financial crisis, like the great crash of 1929.· Many libraries have found that their financial resources are stretched to the limit.· The accounts show that the school's financial position is very healthy.financial support/backing/assistance etc: · He failed to get financial support from his employers.· The amount of financial aid offered has become more central to students' decisions about which school to attend.financial dealings/transactions: · Revelations about his financial dealings could change his election prospects dramatically.· He developed computer software to handle complicated financial transactions.financial difficulties/problems: · Joan has a lot of financial problems at the moment.· Mexico's financial difficulties increased rather than diminished.financial year British (=the 12-month period used by companies to calculate their accounts): · Norton have announced profits of £3.5 million for the financial year 2000-01. ► finance all the activities that are related to how a company or country uses or organizes its money: · He was an expert in finance and advised people where to invest their money.· The use of IT in areas such as accounting and finance has grown at an astonishing rate.· She works as a director of finance for an oil company.finance minister/officer etc: · Kubo is slated to become Japan's next finance minister.high finance (=financial activities involving countries or big companies -- used especially to show that you do not know very much about those activities): · The other guys in the office were ten to fifteen years my senior, and old hands in high finance. ► monetary relating to or involving money, especially the money that is available to the government of a country, and how it decides to spend it: · There's only one conclusion to make about this data on monetary growth.monetary policy/control etc: · The IMF should not dictate how Mexico should run its monetary policies.· a plan to introduce monetary reform· Some economists question the effectiveness of monetary control as a means of regulating the economy.· European monetary union ► fiscal formal connected with money, taxes, debts, etc that are owned and managed by the government: · Perez stated that the current fiscal crisis was the result of the collapse of the oil industry.· It was thought that skillful monetary and fiscal intervention could rescue the economy.fiscal policy: · The Council of Finances determined fiscal policy within the region.fiscal deficit: · Columbia's fiscal deficit could soar to 1.6 percent of GDP.fiscal year especially American (=the 12-month period used by companies to calculate their accounts): · Over the past fiscal year, the school has received $250 million in federal dollars for 1,600 projects. ► economic connected with the way money is earned, spent, and controlled within a country or society: · The tax breaks will stimulate economic activity.· Florida will benefit from a number of economic trends that play to its strengths.economic climate (=general state of the economy): · In this kind of economic climate, employees prefer a lower salary in a job that is secure.economic crisis: · Cuba is emerging from five years of economic crisis.· Investors took their money elsewhere, prompting a far-reaching economic crisis.economic growth/development etc: · Slow economic growth and low consumer spending affected sales last year.· a wide variety of economic development strategieseconomic recovery: · Investors are holding out from Mexican stocks until they see clear signs of an economic recovery.economic sanctions (=official laws that stop trade with another country, for political reasons): · The US has maintained tough economic sanctions on Cuba.economic summit (=an important meeting for the leaders of countries to discuss the world's economy): · World leaders gathered in the Miyako Hotel to map out the agenda for next month's economic summit. ► economics the study of how money is earned, spent, and controlled within a country or society: · He studied economics at Harvard University.· He knows very little about economics or international finance.· Keynes's theories have had an important influence on modern economics. WORD SETS► BUSINESSabsolute advantage, aggregate demand, AGM, nounagribusiness, nounairline, nounappurtenance, nounassessment, nounbad debt, nounbalance sheet, nounbankroll, verbbankrupt, adjectivebankrupt, verbbankrupt, nounbankruptcy, nounbargain, verbbargain basement, nounbaron, nounbill of sale, nounbiz, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounboom, nounboom and bust, nounboom town, nounbrown goods, nounbubble, nounbudget surplus, business card, nounbusiness cycle, business hours, nounbuyout, nouncapital, nouncapital-intensive, adjectivechamber of commerce, nounclerical, adjectiveconsumer, nounconsumer goods, noundisposable income, noundownturn, noundrive-through, nouneconomically, adverbfinancial, adjectiveflat, adjectivefree enterprise, noungiveaway, adjectiveincrement, nounindustry, nouninflate, verbinflated, adjectiveinflation, nouninflationary, adjectiveinsolvent, adjectiveinstitution, nouninterest, nounintroduction, nounlivery, nounlow season, nounlucrative, adjectiveMBA, nounmemo, nounmentoring, nounnegotiable, adjectivenegotiate, verbnegotiation, nounnon-profit, adjectiveopen, verboperational research, nounowner-occupied, adjectivepack, nounpackage, nounpaperwork, nounpatron, nounpatronage, nounpatronize, verbpay, verbpcm, peppercorn rent, nounpersonal assistant, nounplanned obsolescence, nounpp., quarter, nounquarter day, nounquota, nounquote, verbready-made, adjectivereal estate, nounrebate, nounredeem, verbredevelop, verbrefund, nounrent, nounshutdown, nounsliding scale, nounsubcontract, verbsubcontractor, nountariff, nounundercut, verbundersubscribed, adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► a financial success Phrases It was a wonderful film, but not exactly a financial success (=something that makes a profit). ► financial difficulties/problems/crisis► financially secure He was successful and financially secure. ► financially viable Is the project financially viable? COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► business/political/financial etc acumen The firm’s success is largely due to Brannon’s commercial acumen. ► legal/medical/financial etc advice· Good legal advice can be expensive. ► somebody’s financial affairs· They offer advice on managing your financial affairs. ► financial/economic aid· The commission said it was ready to provide financial aid to help farmers. ► investment/financial/business analyst Cleary has been working as a computer analyst in Winchester. ► financial arrangements· As treasurer, you’re responsible for all the financial arrangements. ► the technical/practical/financial etc aspects· The technical aspects of the movie were incredible. ► financial assistance· The company may also provide financial assistance. ► financial backing She flew to New York to try to raise some financial backing for the project. ► a financial burden· the financial burden of a large mortgage ► a financial centre· Boston is a leading financial centre. ► a financial column· He wrote a financial column for the evening newspaper. ► financial compensation· You may wish to claim financial compensation. ► industrial/financial/media etc conglomerate► financial/legal/economic etc constraints· During the war, there were many physical and social constraints on citizens. ► a political/financial etc consultant· A team of political consultants shaped his election campaign. ► political/financial corruption· It is a country with a long history of political corruption. ► an economic/political/financial etc crisis· The country was headed into an economic crisis. ► cash/budget/financial etc crunch Cost cutting had enabled the organization to survive a previous cash crunch. ► historical/financial/scientific etc data· My research involves analyzing the historical data. ► a financial/political etc deal· After weeks of negotiation the prospect of a political deal seemed increasingly unlikely. ► financial/economic difficulties· The company is facing serious financial difficulties. ► a financial/economic/military etc disaster· The project was a financial disaster. ► a financial/business/commercial district (=where there are a lot of banks and other businesses)· He works in San Francisco’s financial district. ► a business/financial/media etc empire· His business empire is now worth over $20 billion. ► political/military financial etc ends· The government exploited the situation for political ends. ► a medical/legal/financial etc expert (=someone who has special skills related to a particular job or subject)· Medical experts agree that screening can prevent deaths from breast cancer. ► a financial/commercial/legal etc footing The firm started the new year on a stronger financial footing. ► financial/economic/capital etc gain They are seeking to realize the maximum financial gain. ► economic/financial hardship· The closure of the steelworks caused economic hardship for the town. ► financial help· We received a lot of financial help from my family. ► financial implications· Managers must be aware of the financial implications of their decisions. ► economic/financial incentives (=money that is offered to someone as an incentive)· Doctors are encouraged through financial incentives to work in poor areas. ► financial inducements financial inducements to attract good job candidates ► financial/economic information· The financial information contained in the report is based on the company's audited accounts. ► financial/educational/research etc institution the government and other political institutions ► a financial/legal/religious etc matter· This is a legal matter and should be discussed with a solicitor. ► aid/financial/benefits etc package Many banks are offering financial packages for students. ► the sports/arts/financial etc pages (=the part of a newspaper that deals with sport, art etc)· He only ever reads the sports pages. ► a financial penalty· Parents who fail to prevent their children committing crimes are to face heavy financial penalties. ► financial performance· Our overall financial performance has improved. ► financial planners Many financial planners will help you shop for insurance. ► financial/economic planning· Owing to poor financial planning, I was almost out of money. ► from an economic/financial/business point of view· From a financial point of view, the concert was a disaster. ► somebody’s financial position· Has your financial position changed recently? ► financial/money problems· Our financial problems are over. ► financial records· The company’s financial records must be up-to-date. ► financial/economic resources· Lack of financial resources can result in homelessness. ► financial/economic reward (also monetary reward formal)· It’s a difficult job, but the financial rewards are considerable.· I’m not doing it for monetary reward. ► a financial risk· There is relatively little financial risk for the company. ► financial ruin (=when someone loses all or most of their money)· She faces financial ruin after losing the court case. ► a financial scandal (=involving money)· He was suspected of involvement in a major financial scandal. ► the financial/banking sector (=the part of the economy to do with money and finance)· The UK financial sector is looking healthier than ever. ► financial services A wide range of financial services are available. ► the business/financial side· Geller handles the business side of things. ► somebody’s financial situation (=how much money someone has)· What is your current financial situation? ► financial strain· This welfare program has eased the financial strain of raising children alone. ► in dire financial straits The firm is now in dire financial straits. ► commercial/economic/financial success· None of his ideas had any commercial success. ► a financial target· Both businesses exceeded their financial targets. ► financial/money worries· Bach’s last years were clouded by financial worries. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► advice· Who was giving her financial advice?· Co. for financial advice and to evaluate previous inquiries regarding the company.· They also provide personal loan facilities and financial advice to their customers.· So why pay extra money in commissions for financial advice to get only an average return?· The whole affair has cost him more than £650,000 in fees for legal and financial advice, his spokesmen said last night.· Remember, even if you do not need financial advice now, your consultant will be available when you do.· Which could mean the Duchess won't need any more financial advice to keep Budgie flying high.· Without specialist financial advice, obtaining such a large amount; of credit could prove foolhardy in the extreme. ► adviser· I mean, everybody's got to have a financial adviser, even Jean de Nesle.· C., New York, as a financial adviser.· Your financial adviser will be able to explain how you apply.· Most expatriates will benefit from consulting an independent financial adviser for specialist help.· An appallingly self-satisfied financial adviser-think Malvolio in a stretch limo-finds that his wife is cheating on him.· When she decided to buy a bigger house, she approached a financial adviser about a self-certified mortgage.· But do not assume that you will be handed a fat compensation cheque by your financial adviser or life insurance company. ► advisers· Whatever the individual circumstances, this facility liberates borrowers, perhaps in conjunction with their financial advisers, to make their own repayment arrangements.· Pinay Cuevas selected a committee of six men as financial advisers.· The explanatory statement often takes the form of a letter from the financial advisers of the target and the bidder jointly.· We have accountants, and we have men who smell of industrial aftershave who call themselves our financial advisers.· The hon. Gentleman's extraordinary attack on independent financial advisers was very unwise.· All building society investors and financial advisers are strongly urged to check that they are getting the best rates available.· These specialist firms of financial advisers will also undertake to help monitor the fortunes of your Isa.· He approached the company's financial advisers, Kleinwort Benson. ► affair· The regulation of financial affairs involves inpart legislative action, inpart executive action.· Growing familiarity with technology to access bank accounts and to handle financial affairs is boosting interest.· She appointed officers, kept a watch over financial affairs, and made sure the work was progressing smoothly.· Even if your financial affairs are not complex, you may need to spend quite some time with an adviser.· The poor man would be better off wrestling with the complexities of Bernie Ecclestone's financial affairs.· It is the will of the controlling Labour group and its inability to manage financial affairs.· There are very few fathers of kidnap victims who aren't worried about their financial affairs being looked at too closely.· In their financial affairs they have been abnormally secretive. ► aid· The Guild receives financial aid from the Council, and relies heavily on the enthusiasm and dedication of its members.· The new program comes as students are finalizing their financial aid packages for the upcoming school year.· His officials threatened to withhold future financial aid, or even to freeze existing programmes.· Who receives financial aid and how that-is determined hit very close to home for Scott.· It was also agreed that supplementary financial aid would come from the state.· Today the mean yearly income of families of students receiving financial aid, she believes, is approximately $ 36, 000.· Other audit findings showed: Texas Southern University has mismanaged its $ 41 million federal student financial aid program. ► analyst· Thesaurus are predicting that dealers, academics and financial analysts will be keen to use their services.· A corporate financial analyst then pointed out that the compensation formula Dave had developed would be impracticable on a company-wide level.· As a financial analyst she could demonstrate that this was very strange behaviour and contrary to the interests of those involved.· Many financial analysts said it also is likely that no changes will be made at the next meeting on March 25.· They ended up talking to more than 200 of them, from a submarine navigator to a financial analyst for General Mills.· A former financial analyst with Ford, Mr Power set up shop in 1968. ► asset· Between the two extremes come the various financial assets such as bonds and shares.· In financial terms, the value of any financial asset depends on the earning power of that asset.· For simplicity let us group assets into just three types: money, financial assets and physical goods.· Those who were dubious or just cautious missed out on historic advances in financial asset values.· As interest rates go up, the balance of advantage shifts towards holding financial assets which earn these higher interest rates.· Thus, the appropriate capitalization rate for any financial asset is a function of the riskiness of the asset.· If the rate of interest changes, there will be relatively little shifting between money and financial assets.· Medicaid pays nursing home bills for long-term custodial care, after patients have exhausted their financial assets. ► assistance· Aviation accords and financial assistance programmes were signed between the two states.· It is well within reason to expect help in this regard in exchange for further financial assistance.· Such financial assistance should only be necessary in the most exceptional circumstances.· At year-end it was too late to do anything but scramble to others for financial assistance.· In addition there is selective financial assistance under the Industry Acts.· What about Manchester - virtually everyone there has applied for selective financial assistance? ► backing· Several new contracts are already being negotiated with Rentokil's financial backing and branch network offering further benefits to prospects.· It is understood the financial backing for the plan has yet to be finalised.· A private consortium has financial backing for a scheme to build an entire underground toll-road system.· He had the expertise and financial backing.· The Crusade received very substantial financial backing for the organization of the march from the right-wing military and political parties.· And it has also provided financial backing for research into alternatives to the use of animals.· But Hafodunos said they were ending negotiations with Watertight, who they said had failed to provide evidence of sufficient financial backing.· Mr Venables said he had full but anonymous financial backing. ► benefit· One solution is to state that any financial benefits are only paid when the move has taken place.· Those financial benefits are no longer certain, however.· The financial benefits gained in terms of productivity and maintaining an occupational income by returning to work are clear.· The inaccurate economic predictions should cause concern about the reliability of the financial benefits of annexation.· The implicit justification, which cites the financial benefits of the nation possessing a monarchy, is a rationalization in this sense.· Eickman said movie-making provides far-reaching financial benefits for the city, adding an estimated $ 50 million to the economy in 1994.· Conversely, political integration will inevitably fall apart if there is no financial benefit.· How will you measure when it is time to start gaining financial benefit? ► burden· Similarly, campaigning in the field imposed an increasing financial burden.· So much for the dissenting argument of some goofy liberals that requiring uniforms would be an added financial burden for the poor.· They thus increasingly promoted this alternative means of easing the financial burden of appliance ownership.· This is true particularly in regard to the financial burden of childcare, a subject I treat throughout this book.· One is that high interest rates have raised financial burdens directly for weaker firms that are still net debtors.· It may well be sufficient to pay off your mortgage to take the biggest financial burden off your family's shoulders.· But Mr Robinson claimed the ratepayers had the to blame for the additional financial burden.· The financial burden of repairs has meant the council faces a year of cost cutting in other departments. ► centre· The Corporation, which controls London's financial centre, wants to cut back on free parking bays.· Fears that London's reputation as the world's leading financial centre has been permanently damaged are considered to be exaggerated.· For example, Frankfurt could pose a real challenge to London as a financial centre for the futures markets.· The billion-dollar question was whether a devaluation of the dollar would jeopardize New York's position as a financial centre.· It is about time that we started to realise that the financial centre of London is not the key to our success.· People feared that turning the City into Fort Knox would damage its attraction as a financial centre.· The financial centre Bank is the finest architectural arena in the City.· In the early 1980s a greater number of Arab banks was represented in London than in any Arab capital or financial centre. ► conglomerate· This will not always be practical in a modern financial conglomerate.· The question of conflicts of interest and duty within financial conglomerates and the regulation thereof is not entirely academic.· Particular emphasis placed on the problems of regulating and supervising financial conglomerates within the existing national regulatory framework.· In Britain the merging together of the banking and securities business in the guise of financial conglomerates has rekindled this debate.· The growth of financial conglomerates, however, has caused insider dealing to be a more urgent and immediate problem.· Secondly, in so far as we are concerned with insider dealing, the practice is analysed within the context of financial conglomerates.· This distinction is crucial, especially for entities such as financial conglomerates, which continually deal in information.· It goes without saying that financial conglomerates must not use information prohibited by law. ► constraint· Obviously you have to work within certain financial constraints.· These forces can be grouped into four major categories: political considerations, socio-demographic factors, economic change and financial constraint.· More recently, governments have imposed financial constraints limiting the call of state enterprises on public funds.· This places financial constraints on qualification as a barrister which do not exist for intending solicitors.· Their financial constraints are more severe and the credit facilities at their disposal are less diverse and less sophisticated.· New and more stringent financial constraints and other commercial pressures on management required appropriate organizational channels through which to take effect.· Although a couple of the other demonstrators also looked promising I have been unable to take them any further because of financial constraints.· All authorities faced tight financial constraints in the key areas for community care development. ► control· Finally, there is a problem associated with financial control.· An understanding of sound financial control is one of the most important responsibilities in health and nutrition administration.· Directors should report on the effectiveness of their system of internal financial control and auditors should report on this statement. 2.· Gunnarson expressed confidence in the financial controls the city has in place, including regular meetings with center staff.· Hence, the argument runs, even without central financial control most local councils would have been providing similar levels of services.· These problems remained, even after objectives had been partially clarified and formalized through grant financing and stringent financial controls.· Earlier plans for tighter financial control and greater independence for management had not been successful.· This had led to the setting up of a joint system of financial control. ► crisis· The court heard that a desperate financial crisis and debts of more than £40,000 drove Shooter to hatch his unsuccessful plot.· Where and when the financial crisis will come and how big it will be, no one knows.· Britainis particularly vulnerable to a financial crisis since it is heavily reliant on the profits of speculation.· My initial reaction was relief: We had averted another financial crisis.· In his Charlton days, Lawrence was forced to accept any reasonable offer to ease the club's financial crisis.· However, it is very easy to find yourself in a financial crisis.· The district council then had to spend almost £250,000 to bail it out of a financial crisis.· That financial crisis weathered, Zyuganov will then have to find the money for large-scale state investment in tumbledown factories. ► difficulty· Unfortunately he got into financial difficulties and when he died in 1836 the estate was once again in the chancery.· Income growth then will slow, companies will have less cash to buy back their stock and some will face financial difficulty.· No city could absorb such a body-blow without showing the effects, and by 1937 Danzig was in severe financial difficulties.· Hospitals in financial difficulty are shedding staff and some districts are opting for staff redundancy.· All the same, most of us feel that we have financial difficulties.· Are you in financial difficulties as a result of drinking? 13.· He claimed she had been in severe financial difficulties at the time.· An interest-free loan fund is also available to students who find themselves in unforeseen financial difficulty. ► district· San Francisco saw demonstrators gathering at the heart of its financial district.· He continued to the financial district.· By 2008 the artists' sketches of a red-roofed, neo-Levantine financial district will have become reality. ► gain· Moreover, many nonconformists achieved considerable professional reputations and financial gain through private patronage from the native intelligentsia and the foreign community.· These people were entrepreneurs who undertook challenge not for financial gain, but for human service.· The point about a woman using her uterus for financial gain poses two problems.· They may exchange short term financial gain for longterm strategic disadvantage.· They are using it - milking it for their own financial gain.· It would not be considered a serious loss by the company and the financial gain to the robbers was not necessarily substantial.· There is little support for the idea that Shipman killed for financial gain. ► help· Next week: financial help for the disabled.· The barest of financial help was the full extent of Charles's aid.· Now, with the TECs, we intend to introduce new financial help for career and training guidance.· No offer of financial help, no kind invitations to join them in club activities were forthcoming from Charles.· The scheme was intended to provide financial help to unemployed workers in depressed areas who were prepared to move to other areas.· In 1873, when Scott asked Carnegie for financial help, Carnegie turned down his former mentor.· This recognition by the Prince's Trust gave me more than just financial help.· The fact is, Wal-Mart provides about as much financial help to a community as Chernobyl. ► implication· Coupled with the financial implications if carers decided they could no longer shoulder this burden the case for supporting respite care becomes overwhelming.· A public service agency spends so much time studying the financial implications of a project that cost overruns are virtually guaranteed.· Teenagers are said to be especially sensitive to the financial implications and aware of their own lack of power in the matter.· The impact of inflation and high interest rates has focused increased attention on the financial implications of nearly all business decisions.· And the company will still be paying rent on such space, so there are financial implications as well.· The case for setting out financial implications is obvious in a situation in which the school budget is controlled by the governors.· Two years later, the selected strategy and its financial implications have proved themselves with little need for modification.· The Opposition have no quarrel with the principle of disposal, leaving aside the financial implications. ► incentive· Positive financial incentives in the form of specific grants from a specially established Department of Health Fund would certainly help.· The doctors in managed-care systems often have financial incentives to limit patients' use of laboratory tests, specialists and other services.· The budget provided the financial incentive, but much confusion still abounds over the use of unleaded petrol.· Lubbock offered $ 3. 9 million in tax and financial incentives.· Construction of private hospitals was boosted by financial incentives during the period of economic growth in the 1970s.· Executives are given head-count-reduction targets by their boards, and sometimes financial incentives are tied to reaching the targets.· Different financial incentives change the nature of the educational experience and are not merely alternative ways of financing the same service.· That probably depends on what financial incentives the United States might provide. ► independence· Wealth Private funds; financial independence.· He will work for your financial independence and will never take advantage or misuse your money for his own good.· The clergy had a financial independence which the laity lacked.· Charles and Laquetta Prince realized early in their marriage that free enterprise was the only sure route to financial independence.· Today it prospers and because of the financial independence that business brings, the Johnsons' dreams are coming true.· The Länder had considerable financial independence and their position in the Bundesrat further strengthened their powers.· There were times of insecurity and wonder, but we kept moving toward our goal of financial independence. ► information· The board usually has little credibility; there is little reliable financial information, no management, assets or money.· The financial information on credit reports, such as bank accounts and loans, is tightly regulated.· It was sent after bondholders complained they were not getting as much financial information as other lenders.· They also said that most board members were kept in the dark about important financial information.· Careful consideration should be given to the timing of the release of both beneficial and potentially awkward financial information.· The three concerns will focus on high-growth information markets, financial information services and consumer-product market research.· Barneys does not disclose financial information because it is privately held. ► institution· In addition to channelling funds from depositors to borrowers, certain financial institutions have another important function.· This was the first indication of the scope of prosecutors' two-year probe of financial institutions.· The history of financial institutions under the Yorkists and early Tudors is far from straight forward.· Customers may be forced to borrow from inefficient banks or other financial institutions, probably charging higher interest rates.· Potential customers include the government, financial institutions, market research organisations or companies involved in major national promotions.· Until then, financial institutions had to pay a premium to obtain dollars from a restricted pool in order to invest finance overseas. ► loss· But in 1990 Toyota's financial profit lengthened its lead over Honda and Nissan, both of which made financial losses.· In 1968, the diamond Jubilee came and went without celebration for fear of a financial loss!· And international response to financial crises is an imperative to limit the contagion of panic and financial losses.· The compensatory award is intended to reimburse you for financial loss resulting from the unfair dismissal.· Defects in other systems might result in financial loss only such as where an expert system is used to provide financial advice.· You might be able to do this, for example, if you have clearly suffered a direct financial loss.· The proceeds from the sale will go to the people who suffered financial loss.· Only one person died, so appalling financial loss was tempered by human deliverance. ► management· Strategic and personnel management, and many aspects of financial management are obvious exceptions.· I always got involved with clients and spent time trying to educate them about financial management.· The emphasis of financial management within each stage of the life-cycle as shown in figure 4.3 still retains its logical validity.· In small firms, chief financial officers usually handle all financial management functions.· They needed, therefore, a greater awareness of financial management techniques.· And financial management, said Uberuaga, is his strong point.· While reducing head teachers' autonomy in curricular matters, the 1988 Act increases it in matters of financial management.· As in all other areas of endeavor requiring judgment, successful financial management requires a fine balance of a number of factors. ► market· Puzzle number two is that other changes in financial markets were meanwhile making it easier for such principles to apply.· The slump in the financial markets had kept the dollar from rising.· Economic imperatives drive change in the structure of product and financial markets and affect the international division of labour.· A decidedly negative verdict in the financial markets or the polls could bring the two sides back to the table.· When defaults proliferate, as they do during and after recessions, the two firms wield enormous clout in financial markets.· Is this now in servitude to the financial markets?· The punditry waxed more predictable by the hour even if the financial markets did not. ► matter· The mystery surrounding the identity of property owners can be partly explained by a typical Victorian reticence concerning financial matters.· Many widows are handling financial matters for the first time, she said.· Dennis was a genuine enthusiast for financial matters.· He's the manager, and looks after all financial matters.· Control over financial matters Constitutionally, Parliament has control over taxation and expenditure.· The importance and complexity of financial matters have caused special procedures to be evolved to deal with them.· Similarly the redundancy package was geared to match the relocation package so that staff would not base their decision on financial matters.· Efficiency could vary from doing the most basic task well to decision making on complicated financial matters. ► officer· The company also said its chief financial officer and chief operating officer were leaving for personal reasons.· He succeeds the acting chief financial officer, Raymond R.. Monteleone.· If dividends are insignificant as Modigliani and Miller have suggested, then this requires that corporate financial officers act irrationally.· And Karen, the controller living in fear of the cost-cutting chief financial officer?· Mr Bradley, 47 years old, will also continue to serve as chief financial officer.· David McNutt, the No. 2 financial officer.· He replaces Victor Menezes, 46, who took over for Steffen as chief financial officer last month. ► planner· The group, which includes about 600 financial planners from around the country, contends the confusion is not accidental.· Question: In this volatile market, what questions should I ask a financial planner I am considering using?· Many financial planners will help you shop for insurance.· But a person should consult with more than financial planners.· He will continue to work as a financial planner for Denver stock broker Dain Bosworth while he tries to make the team.· After we get the right financial planner working for us, we can put a comprehensive plan together. ► position· However, the recent lunar eclipse and Mercury in retrograde motion signify the financial position is much too uncertain.· In this precarious financial position, the party can hardly afford the restrictions on its fund-raising recently decreed by President Clinton.· The new government immediately announced a rigorous cost-cutting programme, claiming that the financial position was catastrophic.· A strike of limited duration can improve a firm's financial position by saving on wages.· Summary of current applications and financial position Paper E 11.· What's our current financial position like? 3.· None of these is relevant to an appraisal of the company's financial position.· Leaders of the consortium are preparing for discussions with three potential partners in an effort to secure the colliery's financial position. ► pressure· Increasing financial pressures also require personal injury practices to refine their economic assumptions.· The problem worsens with the relentless financial pressures for immediate performance in the short run.· This would bring financial pressure to bear on his friends and family, and besides it was profitable.· The state should plan the growth of the economy and not be constrained by artificial financial pressures.· PacTel said competition, not the spin-off, has caused financial pressures.· The financial pressure will simply find another way in which to express itself.· The survey suggests that all of this competitive fervor is taking a toll, and that financial pressures are paramount. ► problem· We appreciate, too, that the Club has its own financial problems.· Many grandparents have their own health and financial problems.· Axe hacks' snacks One hard-pressed organisation seems determined to keep up its standards despite its financial problems in these hard times.· Healdsburg General is the county's fifth small hospital to suffer financial problems in recent years.· The introduction of higher fees in 1956 did not solve the District's financial problems, only make them manageable.· Beyond the financial problems, there is new concern that historically tolerant California is developing a culture sharply divided along racial lines.· It has been claimed that Mr Gooderham may have had financial problems.· Daley was free of financial problems, to pursue power. ► reward· Prizes will be in the form of gifts or vouchers - there will not be any direct financial rewards.· In both companies the salespeople were commissioned; hence, their financial rewards were determined primarily by companywide compensation policies.· It was filthy work, but full of atavistic excitement and the promise of financial reward.· Not just the obvious problem: preoccupation with the financial rewards to the neglect of your research.· King James offered financial rewards to persuade people to plant mulberries to feed his imported silkworms.· The hopes of financial reward turn to fear of disaster.· Proper financial reward should go to those who undertake this important task.· Yet for many employment offers social satisfaction as great or greater than the financial reward. ► ruin· Michael Joyce had not suffered financial ruin by his second emigration.· A 35-year-old lawyer faces financial ruin resulting from a serious mental illness.· Pleas that the couple and their two young children will be homeless and facing financial ruin have fallen on deaf ears.· Much of the plains' cattle industry was in financial ruin.· The small businesses facing financial ruin.· Milk contaminated Scientists are stepping up tests to find the source of dioxin contamination which has brought financial ruin to two farmers.· It would spell financial ruin and possibly the end.· In this golden period Tank also sold Peron on nuclear ideas and brought even greater financial ruin as a result. ► scandal· Melancia, who had been appointed to the post in mid-1987, had been implicated in a financial scandal in February 1990.· His wife did not help, with her loquacity and her relatives' involvement in major financial scandals.· But the succession of financial scandals involving the president in recent months has discredited the office of president.· But he was also involved in a high-profile financial scandal and a messy divorce.· At the same time, two financial scandals have damaged the government's credibility.· Yet the world's leading democracies are all mired in financial scandals.· That post bellum decade was ushered in by financial scandals, bank panics and a restructuring of the financial system.· Recent financial scandals involving the use of tax havens have also led to calls for anti-tax haven legislation. ► sector· Since the end of the cold war the efforts of Washington have been devoted to satisfying the needs of the financial sector.· Most of the damage was again done in the financial sector, where worries about scandals and the recession abound.· Third, the market - and especially the financial sector - is becoming increasingly global in nature.· The financial sector prepared itself for full deregulation and open competition with foreign institutions.· In the first six weeks of this year, 10,500 redundancies were announced in the United Kingdom financial sector.· The service sector - the financial sector which produces nothing - needs inflation.· A currency union can not exist without perfect capital mobility across the union and a fully integrated financial sector. ► security· We like to know that we have financial security, family security and health security.· He gave both financial security, signing Johnson to a four-year deal and Elliott to a six-year contract.· A marriage begun without financial security looks hazardous to the poet, let alone where the man seems cunning and manipulative.· What kind of financial security could he offer?· But it could mean the difference between financial security and financial disaster for you and your family should a serious accident strike.· He was seeking financial security for Connie and the family, but he was seeking so much more.· In his diaries he looks forward to future success, but it was his artistic success that he sought before financial security.· They wanted financial security for themselves and for the people they loved. ► service· However, the reluctance of the financial services divisions of banks and building societies to join the new body is causing concern.· Mira painfully remembers the time he told a stupid joke before a large financial services company.· A little later, when bankers tried to become retailers of financial services, they raided consumer-goods marketeers.· Co. for $ 2. 72 billion as it ends its money-losing foray into financial services.· Such a crisis, in my judgment, is now approaching those parts of the financial services industry that market credit.· The company will face stiff competition from financial service and technology companies in the growing field of electronic commerce.· A third problem is how the factors slot into the broader range of financial services provided by the banks.· Specialist Countertrade dealers operate as part of the City of London financial services range. ► situation· Mr Davies, in his letter to staff, says the council is facing a serious financial situation.· Hashimoto said he would continue to provide information about the financial situation of the housing lenders.· Both trying to buy and trying to sell a property can have fundamental implications for most people's financial situation.· Although my tuition skyrocketed in Miami, our financial situation improved.· This it at once began to use to hamper the government's efforts to cope with the desperate financial situation.· What impact would it have on the financial situation of families?· Your financial situation can improve, but you may have to wait until next year before you are entirely out of the woods. ► statement· It would be necessary to make full disclosure of the arrangement in the financial statements.· In this chapter we have seen the three major categories of financial statements.· The gain or loss should be recognised in the consolidated financial statements.· Museum financial statements show admissions have increased slightly since 1990, and memberships have increased slowly during the same period.· The scope of s 251 relating to summary financial statements is also extended.· Iiinally, in the sixth and final step, financial statements will be developed for the period ending June 30.· In the 1990/91 accounts, the indicators are clearly not part of the audited financial statements and have not been audited.· In so far as this summary financial statement summarises the information in the annual accounts, those accounts have been audited. ► success· The aim of business strategies is competitive success for financial success.· What we worship these days is financial success, as though it automatically confers high principles and admirable character.· The editorial excellence of their newspaper is founded on its financial success - and this is not assured.· He has already achieved a high measure of financial success.· Perhaps the school was not the financial success that everyone seemed to think.· She was obsessed with getting her barrel back; it was, she felt, the key to financial success.· This passage shows Leapor enthusiastic about the prospect of financial success while she is critical of certain attitudes toward money.· A pyramid scheme creates the illusion of financial success by paying off early investors with funds provided by later investors. ► support· We would also appreciate any financial support you may give - nomatterhow small!· But without the financial support from her in-laws it was difficult to continue, so she returned home without completing the program.· But it needs complementary mechanisms for counselling, transmission of experience, management expertise, financial support, upskilling programmes.· The wealthy Bombay and Ahmedabad magnates thereupon withdrew their financial support of the ashram.· The family may need help with financial support and with clear dietary guidelines.· Bankers say their concerns might be eased if they knew how much government financial support the farmers could count on.· This survey has been unusually successful in attracting financial support from a very wide range of sources.· At issue in the Gingrich case is a college course he taught from 1993-95 with financial support from a nonprofit foundation. ► system· Those loans are the focal point of the bad-debt crisis plaguing the financial system and weighing down the economy.· Elsewhere in the financial system, the creaking noises are getting louder.· The demand for particular assets depends not only on their characteristics but also on the institutional make-up of the financial system.· Thus the euro-currency markets have affected virtually every aspect of the world's financial system and institutions.· At the international level Aglietta argues that the principal mechanism regulating the economic relations between national states is the international financial system.· In Chapter 1 we said that it was the job of a financial system to channel funds from surplus to deficit sectors.· Important families grew out of brewing, for example, linking agricultural production to the financial system which channelled the profits. ► year· Defence is now allowed to carry forward a percentage of its vote into the next financial year.· My Department is providing £200,000 this financial year to motor projects dealing with young offenders, thereby keeping them out of custody.· As a beneficiary of this body it received £140,000 this financial year.· A survey by Director magazine shows that 337 bosses were prosecuted in the last financial year.· It brings funding for this financial year to A$59 million.· The allocation for London in the current financial year 1991-92 has been cut by a further 8 percent.· PEPs, which have a £6,000 investment limit each financial year, are free of income and capital gains tax.· In general they seek provision for the forthcoming financial year. 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WORD FAMILYnounfinancefinancingadjectivefinancialverbfinanceadverbfinancially relating to money or the management of money: financial transactions financial assistance a financial advisor Organic farmers should be encouraged with financial incentives. It was a wonderful film, but not exactly a financial success (=something that makes a profit).financial difficulties/problems/crisis—financially adverb: He was successful and financially secure. Is the project financially viable?THESAURUSfinancial relating to money or the management of money: · businesses that provide personal financial services· the financial problems of old ageeconomic relating to the money of a country, area, or society, and the way it is earned, spent, and controlled: · American voters were anxious for a change in economic policy.· an economic crisisfiscal [only before noun] formal relating to the money, debts, tax etc that are owned and managed by the government: · fiscal control· The Indian government is trying to reduce the fiscal deficit.monetary [only before noun] formal relating to money, especially all the money in a country, and how it is managed: · The Bank of Thailand has retained a tight monetary policy.· the European Monetary Systembudgetary [only before noun] formal relating to the official plan of how the money of a country or organization is spent: · City officials are facing tough budgetary decisions.· the process of budgetary control |
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