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noun
A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.
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A company that does the same.
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noun
One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.
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noun
A light, spongy teacake, usually based on almond flour or flavoring.
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noun
A traditional French (Ragoût à la Financière) or Piemontese (Finanziera alla piemontese) rich sauce or ragout, made with coxcomb, wattles, cock's testicles, chicken livers and a variety of other ingredients.
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verb
To carry out financial transactions; to finance something.
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noun
a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: moneyman
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Broader terms: capitalist
Narrower terms: banker, city man, principal, dealer, Baruch, Bernard Baruch, Bernard Mannes Baruch, Brady, James Buchanan Brady, Diamond Jim Brady, Diamond Jim, Cooke, Jay Cooke, Cosimo de Medici, Cosimo the Elder, Girard, Stephen Girard, Gould, Jay Gould, Gresham, Sir Thomas Gresham, Harriman, Averell Harriman, William Averell Harriman, Hopkins, Johns Hopkins, Mellon, Andrew Mellon, Andrew W. Mellon, Andrew William Mellon, Morgan, J. P. Morgan, John Pierpont Morgan, Morris, Robert Morris, Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John Rhodes, Salomon, Haym Salomon, Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Commodore Vanderbilt
verb
conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
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Broader terms: operate, run
History
Unadapted borrowing from French financier.
Across languages
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
