pecuniary

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The Word of the Day for April 26 is:

pecuniary   \pih-KYOO-nee-air-ee\   adjective 
    *1 : consisting of or measured in money
      2 : of or relating to money

Example sentence:
     Marcus was more than happy to water Rachel's plants while 
she was away and refused any pecuniary compensation for the job.

Did you know?
   "Pecuniary" first appeared in English in the early 16th 
century and comes from the Latin word "pecunia," which 
means "money." Both this root and the Latin "peculium," which 
means "private property," are related to the Latin noun for 
cattle, "pecus." In early times, cattle were viewed as a trading 
commodity (as they still are in some parts of the world), and 
property was often valued in terms of cattle. "Pecunia" has also 
given us "impecunious," a word meaning "having little or no 
money," while "peculium" gave us "peculate," which is a synonym 
for "embezzle." In "peculium" you might also recognize the 
word "peculiar," which originally meant "exclusively one's own; 
distinctive" before acquiring its current meaning of "strange." 

*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.