fiscal
Use Fiscal in a sentence
kəl adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
2.
of or pertaining to financial matters in general.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to government finances, esp tax revenues |
| 2. | of or involving financial matters |
| —n | |
| 3. | a. (in some countries) a public prosecutor |
| b. (Scot) short for procurator fiscal | |
| 4. | a postage or other stamp signifying payment of a tax |
| [C16: from Latin fiscālis concerning the state treasury, from fiscus public money; see | |
| 'fiscally | |
| —adv | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
fiscal
1560s, "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, fiscal year. Related: Fiscally.
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Example sentences
The economy needs strong doses of both fiscal and monetary policy.
Thanks to their low debt levels, many big emerging economies used fiscal and monetary stimulus vigorously and effectively.
But when expansionary monetary policy has gone as far as it can, banking and fiscal policies have their place.
Others welcomed better co-ordination between monetary and fiscal policy.
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