fiscal

American  

[fis-kuhl] / ˈfɪs kəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the public treasury or revenues.

   fiscal policies.

2. of or relating to financial matters in general.

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noun

• fiscals
  plural

1. (in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.

2. Philately. a revenue stamp.

fiscal British  

/ ˈfɪskəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to government finances, esp tax revenues

2. of or involving financial matters

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noun

1. 1. (in some countries) a public prosecutor

   2. short for procurator fiscal

2. a postage or other stamp signifying payment of a tax

Synonym Usage

See financial.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nonfiscal
  adjective
• quasi-fiscal
  adjective
• unfiscal
  adjective
• fiscally
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• fiscals
  plural

Etymology

Origin of fiscal

First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin fiscālis “pertaining to the private imperial treasury”; see fisc, -al ¹ ( def. )

Explanation

The word fiscal resembles the word financial, which makes sense because both involve money. This word has to do with anything financial, which is another fancy word for the world of money. When you're an adult, you have fiscal responsibilities like paying rent, buying groceries, and paying taxes. If you put ten percent of your earnings in a savings account, that shows good fiscal sense. Businesses have a lot of fiscal matters to deal with, like paying salaries and trying to make a profit. If you need help with fiscal issues, consult an accountant.

Example Sentences

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fiscal fiscals

There’s a limit of 85,000 H-1B visas issued in a fiscal year, and they are selected through a lottery system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Laguarta’s comments came after PepsiCo reported profit and sales for the fiscal third quarter that ended Sept. 5 that rose above expectations.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The London-listed company said it expects to report adjusted operating profit growth for fiscal 2026 within its 3% to 5% guidance range.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Microsoft spokeswoman said that 80% of the H1b visa filings the company has submitted over the last fiscal year were related to employees already working at Microsoft, not new hires.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Hamilton's fiscal program was certainly a menacing shadow over the new federal edifice.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

In the meantime it issued guidance that prosecutions could resume but that fiscals should be cautious.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2024

Meanwhile, the miner started a group-wide review that it expects will help reduce expenditure across operations and functions in fiscals 2024 and 2025.

From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023

Analysts at Morgan Stanley expect margins to decline over fiscals 2024 and 2025.

From Reuters ● Aug. 8, 2023

The current fiscals of the PIB estimate that is costs 25 percent to develop the oil, thereby creating a disincentive.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2010

In it you prohibit offices of justice to the sons, brothers, or brothers-in-law of auditors and fiscals, under penalty of a fine of one thousand pesos in gold.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson

Related Words

• budgetary
• economic
• financial