pecuniary

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pe·cu·ni·a·ry /pɪˈkjuːniəri $ -nieri/ adjectiveadj formal

MONEYrelating to or consisting of money 钱的；金钱上的 → financial

He was trying to get a pecuniary advantage for himself.

他拼命为自己敛财。

Examples from the Corpus

pecuniary• The two charges of conspiracy and obtaining pecuniary advantage against Turpin had been dropped.• The charge should be attempted theft or obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.• It need not be a pecuniary advantage.• This would involve interpreting loss in terms other than pecuniary, for example, in terms of loss of reputation or market standing.• Crimes of pecuniary indecency have become standard corporate conduct.• Blackburn J. has held that any pecuniary interest, however small, will be sufficient.• pecuniary losses• The plaintiffs' loss of business was pecuniary or economic damage.• Along with the carrot of pecuniary reward must go the stick of personal economic disaster.

pecuniary advantage• By that misrepresentation the accused obtained both property and a pecuniary advantage.• It need not be a pecuniary advantage.• The two charges of conspiracy and obtaining pecuniary advantage against Turpin had been dropped.• The accused was charged with obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.• The charge should be attempted theft or obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.

From Longman Business Dictionary

pecuniarype·cu·ni·a·ry /pɪˈkjuːniəri-nieri/ adjectiveadjLAW

connected with or consisting of money

He did not cause the company to suffer any pecuniary loss.

Origin pecuniary

(1500-1600) Latin pecuniarius, from pecunia “money, wealth in cattle”, from pecus “cattle”

pe·cu·ni·a·ry adjectiveadj

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