— financially , adv.
/fi nan"sheuhl, fuy-/ , adj.
1. pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; pertaining or relating to money matters; pecuniary: financial operations.
2. of or pertaining to those commonly engaged in dealing with money and credit.
n.
3. financials , financial information or data about a company, as balance sheets and price-earnings ratio.
[ 1760-70; FINANCE + -IAL ]
Syn. 1. FINANCIAL, FISCAL, MONETARY, PECUNIARY refer to matters concerned with money. FINANCIAL usually refers to money matters or transactions of some size or importance: a financial wizard. FISCAL is used esp. in connection with government funds, or those of any organization: the end of the fiscal year. MONETARY relates esp. to money as such: a monetary system or standard. PECUNIARY refers to money as used in making ordinary payments: a pecuniary obligation or reward.