fiscal

adj
/ˈfɪskəl/

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from fiscal

Definitions

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

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

    • fiscal matters
    • fiscal lawyer
    • fiscal system
  2. Pertaining to finance and money in general

    Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.

  3. Being a fiscal year.

    • The allotment is $22 million less than the Pentagon spent on military bands in fiscal 1990.
  4. + 6 more definitions
    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. Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.

    3. In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of…

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

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

    5. Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.

    6. A surname from Spanish.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fiscal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at fiscal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at fiscal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA