financier
To carry out financial transactionsTo carry out financial transactions; to finance something.
» Financiers make good business only when the state is making it badly.
Meaning
1 sensesTo carry out financial transactions; to finance something.
- conduct financial operations
Examples
8 sentencesFinanciers make good business only when the state is making it badly.
Ziri is a financier.
Ziri became a financier.
The industrialist found a wealthy financier to help him weather the storm which was inevitable.
deDer Industrielle fand einen wohlhabenden Finanzier, der ihm half, den unausweichlichen Sturm zu überstehen. — Tamy
Ergo, I am a cleverer man than the great financier; but he makes his thousands where I make shillings and pence.
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French financier.Unadapted borrowing from French financier.
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Forms
financiers, financiering, financiered, financiered| Base form | financier · to financier |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | financiers |
| Present participle | financiering |
| Past simple | financiered |
| Past participle | financiered |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle