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fiscal

/ˈfɪskəl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
fis-cal
IPA
/ˈfɪskəl/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

adj

Being a fiscal year.

noun

A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.

noun

Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.

noun

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

noun

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

noun

Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: fiscal, fiskaal

Inflected Forms

more fiscal (comparative) most fiscal (superlative) fiscals (plural)

Derived Forms

fiscalamity fiscalism fiscalist fiscalization fiscalize fiscally nonfiscal parafiscal

Phrases

discretionary fiscal policy fiscal cliff fiscal conservatism fiscal conservative fiscal deficit fiscal dominance fiscal drag fiscal law

Frequently Paired Words

confiscate confiscation fisc finance financial Lanius

Synonyms

financial

Rhymes With

driscoll fischl driskell miskell discal meniscal intradiscal

Questions

How do you pronounce fiscal?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɪskəl/.
What does fiscal mean?
Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
Where does fiscal come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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