fiscal
fiscal Lexical Profile
fiscal Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Relating to government revenue, public expenditure, and taxation.
"The legislature passed a series of fiscal reforms aimed at reducing the national deficit."
Relating to financial matters in general, especially corporate accounting or a twelve-month accounting period.
"The company reported record profits at the close of the fourth fiscal quarter."
• noun
Scottish A public prosecutor or legal official in Scotland and several civil-law jurisdictions (often short for procurator fiscal).
"The police submitted their investigation report directly to the local fiscal for review."
Any of several predatory African shrikes of the genus Lanius, characterized by bold black-and-white plumage and a hooked bill used for impaling prey on thorns.
"A common fiscal perched atop the acacia bush, scanning the ground for large insects."
A revenue stamp or postage stamp used for collecting government taxes or fees.
"The philatelist specialized in nineteenth-century British colonial fiscals."
Word Nuance & Usage
In economics, 'fiscal' specifically refers to government taxation and spending policies, whereas 'monetary' refers to central bank policies concerning the money supply and interest rates.
• Rhymes for fiscal
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century via Old French from Late Latin 'fiscalis', from Latin 'fiscus', which originally meant a woven basket or rush purse and later came to designate the imperial treasury in ancient Rome.