FISCAL

fiscal, financial

(adjective) involving financial matters; “fiscal responsibility”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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 30735^th 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

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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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