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fiat

[ fee-aht, -at; fahy-uht, -at ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
a royal fiat.
Synonyms: ukase, diktat, mandate, ruling, directive, authorization
a fixed form of words containing the word fiat, by which a person in authority gives sanction, or authorization.
an arbitrary decree or pronouncement, especially by a person or group of persons having absolute authority to enforce it:
The king ruled by fiat.

fiat

/ ˈfaɪət; -æt /

Origin of fiat¹

First recorded in 1625–35; from Latin: “let it be done,” 3rd-person singular present subjunctive of fierī “to become”

Origin of fiat¹

C17: from Latin, literally: let it be done, from fierī to become

But the recent batch of polls shows Americans to be, what else, deeply split on whether Obama was right to do this by fiat.

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They can be unmade by judicial fiat, but it feels awfully cruel to do so.

The Senate had, in fact, been in pro forma session when Obama issued his fiat that the body was in recess.

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He became the umpire of taste, and his word was received as the fiat of fashion.

When at length comes the conviction that all are doomed, the fiat goes forth to put the suffering creatures out of pain.

And do not let anybody fool you for a single second by talking about "fiat money" and "inflation of the currency."

They had imagined that the Pope would not dare to utter words of defiance against the fiat of an irreligious Bloc.

After a heated debate the fiat went forth that Congress could not take action till 1808.

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