A small cake or cookie that is made with ground nuts and whipped egg whites. These are soft like sponge cake, and have a rich flavor of nuts.

small rectangular almond cake.

A financier, sometimes called a friand, is a type of pastry in French cuisine. The financier is a light tea cake, similar to sponge cake, and usually contains almond flour, crushed or ground almonds, or almond flavoring. The basis of the cake itself is beurre noisette (brown butter), egg whites, flour, and powdered sugar.

a pawn-broker with imagination

a pawnbroker with imagination

One skilled in financial operations; one acquainted with money matters.

a person skilled in large scale financial transactions

n. capitalist; entrepreneur. [French: related to finance

(financier). Source of production funding.

The financier is a non-developing financial provider for a film. Simply, financiers are usually money sources looking to invest in complete, packaged scripts. Although they have the ability to bring a significant amount of a movie's budget, financiers are often money people looking at the bottom line - does the project have marketable elements already in place? Unlike most developing studios, these money sources move from script to screen quickly, however, most of the initial footwork must already have been done.

To conduct financial operations.

conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner

One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.

Means a licensed credit provider, bank, building society or credit union etc.

One who makes a living participating in commercial financing activities.