fisc
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fisc
1590–1600; < Middle French < Latin fiscus treasury, moneybag, literally, basket, bag
Example Sentences
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She’s inheriting a growing state with a healthy fisc, and whether that continues is a test of whether she meant what she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
A taxpayer who loses her $40,000 house to the state to fulfill a $15,000 tax debt has made a far greater contribution to the public fisc than she owed.
From New York Times • May 25, 2023
The lawyers tend to see themselves as guardians of the public fisc, pitted against those who would drain the coffers: criminals looking for a payday, greedy lawyers, bleeding-heart juries.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2022
Warren Rudman for two terms and Judd Gregg for three brought flinty fiscal Puritanism to bear on the federal government’s mismanagement of its fisc.
From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2016
Coming to names apparently from fishes, I question very much whether Fiske and Fish are from A.S. fisc, pisces, though Foerstemann, in default of a better, gives that meaning in an ancient name, Fisculf.
From Surnames as a Science by Ferguson, Robert
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