financial
adjective OPAL W
  /faɪˈnænʃl/,  /fəˈnænʃl/
  /faɪˈnænʃl/,  /fəˈnænʃl/
[usually before noun]- connected with money and finance- the world's major financial markets/institutions
- businesses in the financial sector
- Tokyo and New York are major financial centres.
- The company offers sophisticated financial services.
- financial support/aid/assistance
- an independent financial adviser
- The current financial crisis is global.
- His motives were purely financial.
 Synonyms economiceconomic- financial
- commercial
- monetary
- budgetary
 - economic connected with the trade, industry and development of wealth of a country, an area or a society:- This book deals with the social, economic and political issues of the period.
 
- financial connected with money and finance:- She had got into financial difficulties.
- Tokyo is a major financial centre.
 
- commercial connected with the buying and selling of goods and services.
- monetary (formal or finance) connected with money, especially all the money in a country:- closer European monetary union
 
- budgetary (finance) connected with a budget (= the money available or a plan of how it will be spent).
 - economic/financial/commercial/monetary/budgetary affairs/decisions
- the economic/financial/commercial/budgetary climate
- the economic/financial/commercial side of something
- a(n) economic/financial/commercial centre
 Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1, Businessb1- She had got into financial difficulties.
- banks and other financial institutions
- She gave very sound financial advice.
 
- (Australian English, New Zealand English, informal) having money