Financier
[faɪ'nænsɪə;fɪ-] or [,fɪnən'sɪr]
Definition
(noun.) a person skilled in large scale financial transactions.
(verb.) conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner.
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Definition
(n.) One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.
(n.) One skilled in financial operations; one acquainted with money matters.
(v. i.) To conduct financial operations.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Financialist, adept in matters of finance.
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Examples
- A short railway journey and a shorter walk brought us to Fairbank, the modest residence of the great financier. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In republican Rome, the financier and the money interest began to play a part recognizably similar to their r?les to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In this instance, when the inventor was largely his own financier, the difficulties and perils were redoubled. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was, indeed, our friend the financier. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- So long as there was no actual violence, the Senate and the financiers kept on in their own disastrous way. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Call them pro-Germans, international financiers, or profiteers, and they will give you any ransom you choose to ask not to speak of them so harshly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Celebrities of all kinds and distinguished foreigners are numerous--princes, noblemen, ambassadors, artists, litterateurs, scientists, financiers, women. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Whether financiers are to be sullen and stupid like Archbold, defiant like Morgan, or well-intentioned like Perkins is a question that enters deeply into the industrial issues. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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