financier
/f(a)ɪnænˈsɪɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.01 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.
noun
A company that does the same.
noun
One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.
noun
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
To carry out financial transactions; to finance something.
Example Sentences
- "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 pleading is public-relations bluster."
- "The English financier was obliged to raise new taxes to pay the interest of this immense sum ; the financier of France did no such thing"
- "‘Excuse me, can we order some fresh financiers? I know we haven’t finished our mains yet but we’re in rather a hurry.’"
- "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."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /f(a)ɪnænˈsɪɚ/
- British English: /f(a)ɪˈnæn.sɪ.ə/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Finance.