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/f(a)ɪˈnæn.sɪ.ə/ · noun
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 pleading is public-relations bluster.
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
‘Excuse me, can we order some fresh financiers? I know we haven’t finished our mains yet but we’re in rather a hurry.’
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.
Use financier when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Financier means A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions..
Common synonyms include moneyman.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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 pleading is public-relations bluster.
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