English Explanatory Dictionary

fiscal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
  2. Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
  3. Being a fiscal year.
noun
  1. A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
  2. Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
  3. In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.
noun
  1. A public prosecutor (UK) or a district attorney (US).
noun
  1. Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.
name
  1. A surname from Spanish.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɪskəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fiscal.wav

Word forms

fiscal more fiscal most fiscal fiscals

Etymology

From Middle French fiscal, from Latin fiscus (“treasury”) – see fiscus and fisc.

Related words

confiscate confiscation fisc finance financial Lanius

Derived words

discretionary fiscal policy fiscalamity fiscal cliff fiscal conservatism fiscal conservative fiscal deficit fiscal dominance fiscal drag fiscalism fiscalist fiscalization fiscalize fiscal law fiscally fiscal office fiscal policy fiscal stamp fiscal tariff fiscal year nonfiscal parafiscal grey-backed fiscal
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