fisc
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fisc
1590–1600; < Middle French < Latin fiscus treasury, moneybag, literally, basket, bag
Example Sentences
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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
This blend of government and business is nonideological and nonpartisan, conservative in its fisc yet liberal in its humanity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 30, 2016
But now, vainly is he poor and declaring himself still poorer; the fisc has a hold on him and on every portion of his new possessions.
From The Ancient Regime by Durand, John
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