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FISCAL
fiscal, financial
(adjective) involving financial matters; “fiscal responsibility”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
fiscal (comparative more fiscal, superlative most fiscal)
Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
(proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
Usage notes
• Not to be confused with financial, which refers to money generally, particularly lending and banking, rather than narrowly to a treasury.
Noun
fiscal (plural fiscals)
A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
(British, Scotland, law) Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
(legal) In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.
Etymology 2
Noun
fiscal (plural fiscals)
Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.
Anagrams
• califs, cifals
Proper noun
Fiscal (plural Fiscals)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fiscal is the 30735th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 758 individuals. Fiscal is most common among Hispanic/Latino (96.44%) individuals.
Anagrams
• califs, cifals
Source: Wiktionary
Fis"cal, a. Etym: [F. fiscal, L. fiscalis, fr. fiscus. See Fisc.]
Definition: Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue. The fiscal arreangements of government. A. Hamilton.
Fis"cal, n.
1. The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exhequer. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. A treasurer. H. Swinburne.
3. A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; -- called also procurator fiscal.
4. The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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