Legal Definitions - Pecuniary

Pecuniary

Pecuniary means related to money or finances.

• She received a pecuniary reward for her hard work.
• The company suffered a pecuniary loss due to the economic downturn.

These examples illustrate how pecuniary is used to describe anything related to money or finances. In the first example, the reward is in the form of money. In the second example, the loss is also related to money.