Rahamääräinen

Rahamääräinen is a Finnish adjective meaning relating to or expressed in monetary terms; monetary or pecuniary. It denotes things quantified by money rather than by other units such as time, volume, or quantity. The term is common in formal Finnish—economic, legal, and administrative texts—to distinguish money-based measures from non-monetary ones.

Etymology: The word is a compound of raha (money) and määräinen (definite, specified; derived from määrä). In standard Finnish orthography it appears as rahamääräinen. It may co-occur with inflected forms such as rahamääräistä, depending on grammatical form.

Usage and examples: It describes payments, allowances, penalties, or budgets defined in monetary terms. Examples include rahamääräinen korvaus (monetary compensation) and rahamääräinen tuki (monetary support). The term is less common in casual speech, where rahallinen or simple notions of money amounts are more usual. In many contexts, the choice between rahamääräinen and related terms can subtly affect nuance, with rahamääräinen foregrounding the monetary value.

See also: rahallinen, raha, määrä.