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fiscal

//ˈfɪskəl//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for fiscal

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Forms

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative
more fiscal
Superlative
most fiscal

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
fiscals

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.

  2. 2.Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.

  3. 3.Being a fiscal year.

    • The allotment is $22 million less than the Pentagon spent on military bands in fiscal 1990.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.

    • ‘There I was interrogated by the Fiscal, who was making out a proces verbal […].’

  2. 2.In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.

  3. 3.A public prosecutor (UK) or a district attorney (US).

  4. 4.Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3024

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Related words

Synonyms

Etymology

From Middle French fiscal

From Latin fiscus (“treasury”) – see fiscus and fisc.

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