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Pecuniary (adj) means Connected with money.

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Connected with money.
"The views of philosophers, with few exceptions, have coincided with the pecuniary interests of their class." — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy (1946)
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Etymology

Comes from Latin pecūniārius, from pecūnia (“money”), which itself derives from pecū (“cattle”) and is thus related to fee.

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"pecuniary" (adj) means connected with money.
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Other words for "pecuniary" include monetary.

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