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fiscal agent

American  

noun

  1. a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.


Etymology

Origin of fiscal agent

First recorded in 1835–45

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The BOC acts as the Canadian government’s fiscal agent, so it is in charge of handling auctions for sovereign debt securities.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

In the United States, Congress passes the budget, while the Treasury, in cooperation with its fiscal agent, the Federal Reserve, makes the necessary payments.

From The Guardian Apr. 17, 2020

The GDB, which acts as bank, adviser and fiscal agent to the Puerto Rican commonwealth, is essentially the checking account where municipalities deposit and withdraw money.

From Washington Post Apr. 30, 2016

The Federal Reserve, as fiscal agent for the U.S.

From BusinessWeek Jan. 18, 2011

Irrespective of costs, the rural masses will never again suffer the tax-collector among them, nor the excise man in the cellar, nor the fiscal agent on the frontier.

From The French Revolution - Volume 2 by Durand, John

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