financier

financier
financier fi‧nan‧cier [fˈnænsɪə, faɪˈnæn- ǁ ˌfɪnənˈsɪr] noun [countable]
1. BANKING a person or organization that provides money for investment:

• The firm has a value only if it is earning more than its cost of capital; otherwise, the financiers should have put their money elsewhere.

2. BANKING FINANCE someone who works in a financial institution and is responsible for particular investments:

• A successful corporate financier (= one who arranges investments in companies ) needs to be more commercial, more extrovert and more ambitious than the average number cruncher.

3. FINANCE a person who controls large sums of money and investments:

• The Hong-Kong based financier bought a controlling stake in the city's main fixed-line telecoms operator for $1.2bn

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financier UK US /fɪˈnænsiər/ US  /-ɚ/ noun [C]
► FINANCE a person or company that controls large amounts of money, for example providing money for investment, or arranging loans to companies: »

The millionaire financier agreed to invest $500 million in the ailing company.

 a retail/real estate, etc. financier »

The country's biggest real-estate financier estimates that Brazil needs 7.9 million new homes.

 a commercial/corporate financier »

He's is a corporate financier for Citigroup.

→ See also CORPORATE FINANCE(Cf. ↑corporate finance)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • Financier — Financier …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • financier — financier, ière [ finɑ̃sje, jɛr ] n. et adj. • financhière « celui qui finance, qui paye » v. 1420; de finance I ♦ N. m. 1 ♦ (1549) Anciennt Celui qui s occupait des finances publiques; qui avait la ferme ou la régie des droits du roi. ⇒ fermier …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • financier — 1. (fi nan sié ; l r ne se lie jamais ; au pluriel, l s se lie : des fi nan sié z enrichis) s. m. 1°   Celui qui fait des opérations de banque, de grandes affaires d argent. •   Insensiblement Babouc faisait grâce à l avidité du financier, qui n… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Financier — (pronEng|fɨˈnænsiɚ, or IPA2|finãˈsje in French) is a term for a person who handles large sums of money, usually involving money lending, financing projects, large scale investing, or large scale money management. The term is French, and derives… …   Wikipedia

  • financier — Financier. s. m. Qui manie les finances du Roy, ou qui est dans les affaires de finances. Riche financier. grand financier. la recherche des financiers. On appelle, Escriture financiere, Une escriture de lettre ronde. Et dans cette phrase… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Financier — Fin an*cier (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. financier.] 1. One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer. Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. One skilled in financial operations; one acquainted with money… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • financier — fi·nan·cier n 1: one who specializes in raising and expending public moneys 2: one who deals with finance and investment on a large scale Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • financier — 1610s, one concerned with finances (especially public), from Fr. financier (16c.), agent noun from finance (see FINANCE (Cf. finance)). Sense of capitalist is first recorded 1867 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Financier — Fin an*cier , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Financiered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Financiering}.] To conduct financial operations. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Financier — (fr., spr. Finangßiëh), so v.w. Rentner, Capitalist …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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