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fis⋅cal

   [fis-kuhl]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
2. of or pertaining to financial matters in general.
–noun
3. (in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.
4. Philately. a revenue stamp.
Origin:
1530–40; < L fiscālis. See fisc, -al 1
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fis·cal     (fĭs'kəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to government expenditures, revenues, and debt: a fiscal policy of incurring budget deficits to stimulate a weak economy.
  2. Of or relating to finance or finances.


[French, from Latin fiscālis, from fiscus, money basket, treasury.]

fis'cal·ly adv.
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fiscal 
1563, "pertaining to public revenue," from M.Fr. fiscal, from L.L. fiscalis "of or belonging to the state treasury," from L. fiscus "treasury," originally "purse, basket made of twigs (in which money was kept)," of unknown origin. The general sense of "financial" (1865, Amer.Eng.) was abstracted from phrases like fiscal calendar.

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fiscal

adjective
involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility" [ant: nonfinancial] 

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Fiscal

Fis"cal\, a. [F. fiscal, L. fiscalis, fr. fiscus. See Fisc.] Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.

The fiscal arreangements of government. --A.gt.Hamilton.

Fiscal

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.

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