PRUDENTIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prudential mean? 

• PRUDENTIAL (adjective)
  The adjective PRUDENTIAL has 1 sense:

1. arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters

  Familiarity information: PRUDENTIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRUDENTIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters

Context example:

he abstained partly for prudential reasons

Similar:

prudent (careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment)

Derivation:

prudence (discretion in practical affairs)

 Context examples 

She seems perfectly happy, however, and in a prudential light it is certainly a very good match for her.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

No matter if my work is unusual, no matter if it is unfit, for prudential reasons, for their pages, surely there must be some sparks in it, somewhere, a few, to warm them to some sort of appreciation.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)