prudential

1. Arising from or characterized by prudence.
2. Exercising prudence, good judgment, or common sense.

(proo-DEN-shuhl)

adjective
1. Of or relating to prudence.
2. Exercising good judgment, common sense, forethought, caution, etc.

Etymology
From Middle English prudence, from Middle French, from Latin prudentia, contraction of providentia, from provident-, the present participle stem of providere (to provide). The words improvise, provide, provident, proviso, purvey, all derive from the same root

The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters

Prudential is the name of two companies, and buildings named after them:

Companies

• Prudential plc, a United Kingdom-based financial services company
• Prudential Financial, a United States-based financial services company

Buildings

• Prudential Tower (part of the Prudential Center complex), Boston's second-tallest building after the John Hancock Tower
• One Prudential Plaza (Jacksonville), 7th tallest building in Jacksonville, Florida
• Two Prudential Plaza (Jacksonville), 8th tallest building in Jacksonville, Florida
• One Prudential Plaza, sister building of Two Prudential Plaza in Chicago
• Two Prudential Plaza, the fifth-tallest building in Chicago and the tenth tallest in the United States
• The Prudential Center, an arena in downtown Newark, New Jersey, and the home of the New Jersey Devils
• The Prudential (Guaranty) Building (Buffalo, New York)
• The Prudential building in Warsaw, Poland

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