megafinance

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noun

High finance: finance involving very large scales and sums of money

OriginEnglish finance ← Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs) ← Proto-Hellenic *mégas →
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Meanings

nounmegafinance (uncountable)
  1. uncountableHigh finance: finance involving very large scales and sums of money

    The 1999 merger between Citibank (banking) and Travelers (insurance) created the model for megafinance and confirmed new challenges for supervisors.

    2001, Wendy Dobson, Gary Hufbauer, World Capital Markets, →ISBN, page 103

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mégas
  3. Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
  4. Englishmega-
  5. Englishfinance
  6. Englishmegafinance

From mega- + finance.

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APA

megafinance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megafinance

MLA

“megafinance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megafinance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “megafinance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megafinance.

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