adjective · neutral
financial
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/fi·NAN·cial
Band 5-6task2speaking
relating to money, banking, or the management of funds
Examples
“financial crisis”
“financial support”
“financial institution”
Band 8 sentence
“Careful financial planning allowed the small business to survive the downturn and eventually expand.”
Collocations
- financial support
- financial crisis
- financial institution
Word family
finance noun / verbfinancial adjectivefinancially adverb
Common mistakes
finance crisis→financial crisis
financially support→financially support (verb) / financial support (noun)
Say it for a higher band
5money→6finance→7+financial
Synonyms
economic
Easily confused
economic
“Economic growth may not always lead to improved living standards for all citizens.”
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