Definition of Pecuniary

1. Adjective. Relating to or involving money. "He received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services"

Exact synonyms: Monetary
Partainyms: Money, Money
Derivative terms: Money, Money

Definition of Pecuniary

1. a. Relating to money; monetary; as, a pecuniary penalty; a pecuniary reward.

Definition of Pecuniary

1. Adjective. Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pecuniary

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pecuniary

peculiar institution
peculiar velocity
peculiarities
peculiarity
peculiarize
peculiarized
peculiarizes
peculiarizing
peculiarly
peculiarness
peculiars
peculium
peculs
pecunial
pecuniarily
pecuniary (current term)
pecuniary resource
pecunious
ped
ped-
ped xing
pedage
pedages
pedagog
pedagogic
pedagogical
pedagogically
pedagogics
pedagogies
pedagogism

Literary usage of Pecuniary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions by Thorstein Veblen (1912)
"It is especially the rule of the conspicuous waste of goods that finds expression in dress, although the other, related principles of pecuniary repute are ..."

2. The Spirit of Laws by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (1793)
"Of pecuniary and corporal ... the Germans admitted of none but pecuniary ... he ordains neither always pecuniary, nor always corporal ..."

3. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"XII. perfection of frugality, in a mode of is where not only no superfluous to pecuniary pajn js produced on the part of the person pu- ..."

4. Theory and Practice of Estate Accounting for Accountants, Lawyers, Executors by Frederick Henry Baugh, William Christian Schmeisser (1910)
"An example of a pecuniary legacy is as follows: "I bequeath to ... All pecuniary legacies paid by the executor (not specific or residuary legacies) should ..."

5. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"The penitents who were reconciled under Edicts of Grace were not subject to confiscation, but were punished with fines under the guise of pecuniary penance, ..."

6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1854)
"73 In the heroic times of Greece, the guilt of murder was expiated by a pecuniary satisfaction to the family of the deceased ..."

7. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1898)
"It was by slow degrees that beasts lost their ' pecuniary' character. A process of differentiation went on within each genus of animals; the genus equus ..."

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