Definition of pecuniary

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Pecuniary (a.) Relating to money; monetary; as, a pecuniary penalty; a pecuniary reward..

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Liability :: Liability (n.) the sum of one's pecuniary obligations; -- opposed to assets.
Amende :: Amende (n.) A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.
Mulct :: Mulct (n.) A fine or penalty, esp. a pecuniary punishment or penalty..
Pecuniarily :: Pecuniarily (adv.) In a pecuniary manner; as regards money.
Tenement :: Tenement (n.) That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief; fee.
Refer :: Refer (v. i.) To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story..
Escuage :: Escuage (n.) Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage..
Vend :: Vend (v. t.) To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as, to vend goods; to vend vegetables..
Pecunial :: Pecunial (a.) Pecuniary.
Self-educated :: Self-educated (a.) Educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or without pecuniary assistance from others..
Account :: Account (n.) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review; as, to keep one's account at the bank..
Aid :: Aid (v. t.) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.
Octogild :: Octogild (n.) A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times the value of the thing..
Embarrass :: Embarrass (v. t.) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements..
Resource :: Resource (n.) Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind..
Endow :: Endow (v. t.) To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution..
Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low..
Bookkeeping :: Bookkeeping (n.) The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts. The books commonly used are a daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger. See Daybook, Cashbook, Journal, and Ledger..
Unembarrassed :: Unembarrassed (a.) Free from pecuniary difficulties or encumbrances; as, he and his property are unembarrassed..
Profit :: Profit (n.) Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods..
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