financial
/fʌɪˈnanʃ(ə)l
/ /fɪˈnanʃ(ə)l /adjective
1Relating to finance: an independent financial adviser...
- For personal finances we have a financial adviser who helps me and my wife keep on top of things.
- The decision, widely expected by economists, had little impact on the financial markets.
- Try to calculate how much more interest you may earn over the course of a year, or ask your financial adviser.
Synonyms
monetary, money, economic, pecuniary, banking, commercial, business, investment, accounting, fiscal, budgetary
1.1Australian /NZ informal Possessing money.
1.2West Indian & Australian /NZ (Of a member of a club or society) paid-up.
noun (financials)
1The finances or financial situation of an organization or individual: he needs to pay serious attention to his financials, particularly cash flow...
- On Jan. 31, it issued new financials showing fiscal 2004 stock options costing $38 million, a drop of more than $20 million.
- The glimpse into the company's financials, released on Apr. 29, reveals one certainty: There's plenty of money to be made in the search game.
- Many organizations with excellent accounting records and capable staff still rely on their auditors for the preparation of the year-end financials, if only for efficiency.
1.1Shares in financial companies: at the end of the year fund managers sell their worst-performing stocks—and financials have fared badly this year...
- In London, a swathe of heavyweight companies slumped, with telecoms, oil, financials and defence stocks among those hit.
- The sector had high weightings in financials at around 26.6% and low weightings in telecom stocks of 6.2%.
- Unsurprisingly, our preferred method of stock screening throws out a large number of Irish and British financials that pay annual dividends in excess of prevailing cash deposit rates.
