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pecuniary

pe kyooh nee e ree

  • a  relating to or involving money
    he received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services

  • Continental hopes for a similar pecuniary return from its new slogan, which it insists refers not just to stewardesses, but to pilots, mechanics and chefs as well.
  • He held that "direct pecuniary interest" meant "an interest upon which action in the tariff-matter under consideration would be immediately, rather than remotely, reflected.
  • Despite Israel's pecuniary imperative, Georgia has used these commercial military ties to press closer ties on Israel.
News & Articles

  • Blind Brook's gain is taxpayers' loss
    Moved by so many tales of pecuniary worry, voters are just weeks removed from OK'ing higher school taxes in districts throughout high-tax New York.
    June 10, 2013 - The Journal News
Quotes

  • Jeff Seeney in The Age
    What did he do? Did he either give the money away, did he hide it under the bed or the more plausible of answers - he fudged the entries in the pecuniary interest register,Mr Seeney said. "That is the only explanation. There's no way in...
  • Rajendra Pachauri in Eco Factory
    As for pecuniary benefits from advice that I may be rendering to profit-making organizations, these payments are all made directly to my institute, without a single penny being received by me,said Pachauri in response to recent accusations.
  • George Bernard Shaw in ADVANCE for Physician Assistants
    Shaw wrote: "That any sane nation, having observed that you could provide for the supply of bread by giving bakers a pecuniary interest in baking for you, should go on to give a surgeon a pecuniary interest in cutting off your leg, is enough to make...

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