as in financial
of or relating to money, banking, or investments
that makes good pecuniary sense the judge recused himself from the case because he had a pecuniary interest in the company that was being sued
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Creating a professional and social consensus: When innovations further the goals of health and healing, rather than pecuniary interests, professional and social norms can help overcome incentive problems.
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James B. Rebitzer, STAT, 21 Aug. 2023
Leaders of African countries must also forsake pecuniary self-interest for that of the greater good.
—Jack A. Goldstone, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2023
This is a cautionary tale of how unscrupulous authoritarian populists, drunk on ideology but driven primarily by the lust for power and its pecuniary rewards, can catastrophically ruin an economy and shred the social fabric of a country.
—William Neuman, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
The new law would require pension investments to be based only on pecuniary factors of minimizing financial risks and maximizing returns.
—Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 26 June 2023
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James B. Rebitzer, STAT, 21 Aug. 2023
Leaders of African countries must also forsake pecuniary self-interest for that of the greater good.
—Jack A. Goldstone, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2023
This is a cautionary tale of how unscrupulous authoritarian populists, drunk on ideology but driven primarily by the lust for power and its pecuniary rewards, can catastrophically ruin an economy and shred the social fabric of a country.
—William Neuman, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
The new law would require pension investments to be based only on pecuniary factors of minimizing financial risks and maximizing returns.
—Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 26 June 2023
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