Fiscal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to government expenditures, revenues, and debt: a fiscal policy of incurring budget deficits to stimulate a weak economy.
  • adj. Of or relating to finance or finances.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.
  • adj. Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
  • adj. Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
  • n. A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
  • n. Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
  • n. In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.
  • n. The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exchequer.
  • n. A treasurer.
  • n. A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; -- called also procurator fiscal.
  • n. The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to the public treasury or revenue; relating to or concerned with the collection and expenditure of taxes and customs; pertaining to the financial operations of a government.
  • Hence Of or pertaining to financial matters in general: as, a, fiscal agent.
  • n. Revenue; the income of a sovereign or state.
  • n. In some countries, a treasurer or minister of finance.
  • n. In Spain and Portugal, the king's solicitor or attorney-general.
  • n. A public prosecutor. In Scotland he is also called procurator-fiscal. In the Dutch colonies in America the officer who acted as sheriff and public prosecutor and carried out the customs regulations of the Dutch West India Company was called a fiscal, or schout fiscael (fiscal sheriff).
  • n. An African shrike, as Lanius or Fiscus collaris.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. involving financial matters
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    revenue    exchequer    treasurer    financial   
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