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financier

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fin·an·cier  (fnn-sîr, f-nn-, fnn-)
n.
One who is occupied with or expert in large-scale financial affairs.
[French, from Old French, from finance, payment; see finance.]
financier [fɪˈnænsɪə faɪ-]
n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a person who is engaged or skilled in large-scale financial operations
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.financierfinancier - a person skilled in large scale financial transactions
moneyman
capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
banker - a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
city man - a financier who works in one of the banks in the City of London
dealer, principal - the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
Verb1.financier - conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner
operate, run - direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"
financier
noun investor, banker, capitalist, tycoon, stockbroker, industrialist, speculator, magnate, captain of industry She was a slick, poised, City financier.
Translations
financier [faɪˈnænsɪəʳ] N → financiero/a m/f
financier [fɪˈnænsiər faɪˈnænsiər] n → financier m
financier
n → Finanzier m
financier [fɪˈnænsɪəʳ] n → finanziatore/trice
financier [fɪˈnænsɪəʳ] n → finanziatore/trice


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He revolted at the bare idea of such a thing, and, besides, he hated the financier too cordially.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Well the greatest portion of the press were screeching in all possible tones, like a confounded company of parrots instructed by some devil with a taste for practical jokes, that the financier de Barral was helping the great moral evolution of our character towards the newly-discovered virtue of Thrift.
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And so, once more, John fell to work discounting the delightful future: his first appearance in the family pew; his first visit to his uncle Greig, who thought himself so great a financier, and on whose purblind Edinburgh eyes John was to let in the dazzling daylight of the West; and the details in general of that unrivalled transformation scene, in which he was to display to all Edinburgh a portly and successful gentleman in the shoes of the derided fugitive.
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