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financial instrument

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any form of funding medium, mostly those used for borrowing in money markets, including cash instruments and derivative instruments.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 金融工具 — instrument for borrowing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 金融商品 — instrument for borrowing
  • Czech: finanční nástroj — instrument for borrowing
  • Czech: finanční instrument — instrument for borrowing
  • Finnish: rahoitusväline — instrument for borrowing
  • Finnish: rahoitusinstrumentti — instrument for borrowing
  • French: instrument financier — instrument for borrowing
  • Georgian: ფინანსური ინსტრუმენტი (pinansuri insṭrumenṭi) — instrument for borrowing
  • German: Finanzinstrument — instrument for borrowing
  • Kazakh: қаржы құралы (qarjy qūraly) — instrument for borrowing
  • Romanian: instrument financiar — instrument for borrowing
  • Russian: фина́нсовый инструме́нт (finánsovyj instrumént) — instrument for borrowing
  • Ukrainian: фіна́нсовий інструме́нт (finánsovyj instrumént) — instrument for borrowing