fiscal, financial
(adjective) involving financial matters; “fiscal responsibility”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• Not to be confused with financial, which refers to money generally, particularly lending and banking, rather than narrowly to a treasury.
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.
fiscal (plural fiscals)
Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.
• califs, cifals
Fiscal (plural Fiscals)
A surname.
• 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.
• 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
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
