A financier is a person, company, or government that provides money for projects or businesses.
[business]
Synonyms: investor, banker, capitalist, tycoon More Synonyms of financier
financier in British English
(fɪˈnænsɪə, faɪ-)
noun
a person who is engaged or skilled in large-scale financial operations
financier in American English
(ˌfɪnənˈsɪr; ˌ faɪnənˈsɪr; fɪˈnænsɪr; faɪˈnænsɪr)
noun
1.
a person trained or skilled in finance
2.
a person who engages in financial operations on a large scale
verb intransitive
3.
to engage in financial operations, often specif. in a dishonest way
Word origin
Fr
Examples of 'financier' in a sentence
financier
That was disastrous for the company and its financier.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
It is infinitely more important that they should be independent of bankers and financiers.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Governments showered financiers with praise, dinner invitations and knighthoods.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
The charges have already cost the French financier his job.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It is also recruiting hundreds of support staff, according to senior financiers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It has obvious advantages, not least that it is a way of wreaking political vengeance on bankers and financiers.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Governments seek its advice, chief executives fawn at its financiers and politicians cringe in the presence of its financial bulk.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
His son was a perfect partner to the gruff father, more quietly spoken and happy to deal with senior financiers.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
His father was a French financier.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The American financier courted political and business leaders, royalty and celebrities.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
These might be well-known industrialists, financiers or politicians who will improve the reputation of a business.
Chambers, Ian Business Studies Basic Facts (1990)
Now that we are trying to lay the scientific foundations of the new economic system I frequently have to work with financiers and bankers.
Aganbegyan, Abel Inside Perestroika: The Future of the Soviet Economy (1990)
A former hedge fund manager pleaded guilty yesterday to insider trading after one of the biggest investigations into illegal deals in the City by senior financiers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
More controversially, a host of City bankers and financiers have seen their fortunes rise sharply after the financial system was rescued from meltdown by taxpayers.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
financier
British English: financier NOUN
A financier is a person, company, or government that provides money for projects or businesses.
...a billionaire financier on the run from tax evasion charges.
American English: financier
Brazilian Portuguese: financiador
Chinese: > 提供资金者为项目或企业
European Spanish: financiero
French: financier
German: Finanzier
Italian: finanziatore
Japanese: 融資者
Korean: 자금원
European Portuguese: financiador
Latin American Spanish: financista
Chinese translation of 'financier'
financier
(faɪˈnænsɪəʳ)
n(c)
出资(資)人 (chūzīrén) (名, míng)
(noun)
Definition
a person who is engaged in large-scale financial operations
She was a slick, poised, City financier.
Synonyms
investor
banker
capitalist
tycoon
a self-made property tycoon
stockbroker
industrialist
prominent Japanese industrialists
speculator
magnate
a multimillionaire shipping magnate
captain of industry
Additional synonyms
in the sense of industrialist
Definition
a person who owns or controls large amounts of money or property in industry
prominent Japanese industrialists
Synonyms
capitalist,
tycoon,
magnate,
boss,
producer,
manufacturer,
baron,
financier,
captain of industry,
big businessperson
in the sense of magnate
Definition
an influential or wealthy person, esp. in industry