Sentence examples for the pecuniary from inspiring English sources
adjective
Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
Combing through these data, however, creates the impression that the pecuniary trumps the humane.
Economics and physiology would be joined in what he called "the pecuniary economy of food".
To many aspiring managers it seems an exciting task that is rewarding in itself, far beyond the pecuniary benefits.
A more worthwhile question is whether Basquiat rates high in valuations of recent art apart from the pecuniary.
The delivery, in time for the Muslim feast of Id al-Fitr at the end of Ramadan, set the pecuniary markers for future remittances in the opposite direction.
When the pecuniary disincentives are serious enough, a provider can find him or herself in an untenable situation, caught between competing goods, patient care and financial viability.
Among other things, the series is the greatest pecuniary phenomenon in mass-culture history.
(The word "pecuniary" derives from the Latin pecus, or cattle a verbal fossil of earlier forms of exchange based on inherent worth rather than symbol).
In fact, the wide use of cattle as money in primitive times survives in the word pecuniary, which comes from the Latin pecus, meaning cattle.
The decision to retire takes into account the rewards (pecuniary) and benefits (non-pecuniary) of being a pensioner and of being a worker.
Even if technology does not create many new jobs, if it brings down the cost of education and medical care as well as that of other goods and services, workers may nonetheless breathe a sight of relief.Drops in the bucketFor many workers, those cheaper goods and services may be the only pecuniary gain they see from new technologies.
