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financier

/f(a)ɪˈnæn.sɪ.ə/ UK
/f(a)ɪnænˈsɪɚ/ Canada, US
/f(a)ɪneə̯nˈsɪɚ/
/f(a)ɪnɛə̯nˈsɪɚ/

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Unadapted borrowing from French financier.

noun financiers

A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions. Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pl
A company that does the same.
One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer. The English financier was obliged to raise new taxes to pay the interest of this immense sum ; the financier of France did no such thing
A light, spongy teacake, usually based on almond flour or flavoring. ‘Excuse me, can we order some fresh financiers? I know we haven’t finished our mains yet but we’re in rather a hurry.’
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.

verb financiers · financiering · financiered

ambitransitive To carry out financial transactions; to finance something. So time crept on, and the day arrived when Sturk must pay his rent, or take the ugly consequences. The day before he spent in Dublin financiering. It was galling and barren work.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: moneyman, lender, financial, finance, counterparty, fiscal, funding, funder, provider, supplier, donor, contributor, acquisition, anticipatory, financiero, financist

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noun person profiting from financial transactions

中文	財政家 /财政家 cáizhèngjiā, 金融家 jīnróngjiā
Français	financier, financière
Deutsch	Finanzier, Financier, Finanzierin, Financierin
Română	om de finanțe
Русский	финанси́ст finansíst, финанси́стка finansístka

noun teacake

日本語	フィナンシェ finanshe

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@misc{financier_2026,
  title = {financier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/financier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}