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

La-Z-Boy LZB -1.66%decrease; down pointing triangle swung to a loss in its fiscal first quarter from an unexpected decline in sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Long-term borrowing costs hit multi-decade highs on Tuesday, according to the Financial Times as it reports fears over inflation and fiscal deficits is pushing pressure on government debt around the globe.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

In order of importance, concerns about the fiscal deficit are “the dominant and most durable driver” for the recent selloff in long-term Treasurys, said Yulia Alekseeva, head of fixed income at MissionSquare.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Besides concerns about fiscal conditions and inflation, a key thing pushing up yields is the AI industry’s huge appetite for debt, which puts it in competition with traditional nation-state borrowers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Livermore’s first-year budget in fiscal 1953 had been $3.5 million and its staff contingent 698.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

For the Indian who had been sent could find no one who cared to take that charitable office upon himself, either the ministers of justice, the fiscals, or the sacristans.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 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 Emma Helen Blair

Related Words

• budgetary
• economic
• financial