Financier Meaning
/f(a)ɪˈnæn.sɪ.ə/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.
nounA company that does the same.
Sentence Examples
The industrialist found a wealthy financier to help him weather the storm which was inevitable.
Steal a penny, you're a thief. Steal thousands, you're a financier.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The wealthy ____ decided to invest five million dollars into the promising startup.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The wealthy ____ agreed to provide the necessary funding for the ambitious new tech startup company.
Word Origin & History
Unadapted borrowing from French financier.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
"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"
— 1781, Edmund Burke, The Budget for the Year 1781:
"‘Excuse me, can we order some fresh financiers? I know we haven’t finished our mains yet but we’re in rather a hurry.’"
— 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 273:
"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."
— 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The wealthy ____ decided to invest five million dollars into the promising startup.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The wealthy ____ agreed to provide the necessary funding for the ambitious new tech startup company.