fisc
Americannoun
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fiscs
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fisc
1590–1600; < Middle French < Latin fiscus treasury, moneybag, literally, basket, bag
Example Sentences
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The economy was undergoing stagflation and the public fisc had just been rescued by the International Monetary Fund.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Direct budgetary effects means that a provision provides that money flow into or out of the federal fisc.
From Slate ● May 29, 2025
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
At present, although liberated, they still make payment; the annual charge has become a perpetual charge; never does the fisc release its hold; once beginning to suck it continues to suck.
From The Ancient Regime by John Durand
The lands of the Abbey of St Germain were divided into a number of estates, called fiscs, each of a convenient size to be administered by a steward.
From Medieval People by Eileen Edna Power
We know today the name of almost every man, woman, and child who was living on those little fiscs in the time of Charlemagne, and a great deal about their daily lives.
From Medieval People by Eileen Edna Power
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