fiscal

[ fis-kuhl ]

adjective

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

   fiscal policies.

2. of or relating to financial matters in general.

noun

1. (in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.
2. Philately. a revenue stamp.

fiscal

/ ˈfɪskəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to government finances, esp tax revenues
2. of or involving financial matters

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

Derived Forms

• ˈfiscally, adverb

Other Words From

• fis·cal·ly adverb
• non·fis·cal adjective
• qua·si-fis·cal adjective
• un·fis·cal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fiscal¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fiscal¹

C16: from Latin fiscālis concerning the state treasury, from fiscus public money; see fisc

Synonym Study

See financial.

Example Sentences

Powell also called for more direct aid to small businesses, putting the onus on Congress to step up on fiscal policy.

From Fortune

The only way out, Narayan says, is a fiscal push — by creating jobs and maintaining production.

From Ozy

Rachel Ehlers, principal fiscal and policy analyst at the LAO, said the agency thought it’d be worth “going a little deeper into the reasons why response is necessary” in this report.

From Voice of San Diego

At the start of 2020, the fiscal crisis for US higher education was a fringe issue.

From Quartz

“It’s important to remember that this is where we are after several months of bounce back and an unprecedented amount of fiscal stimulus,” Bunker said.

From FiveThirtyEight

Take fiscal year 2013, the last year the finalized data is available.

From The Daily Beast

I would define Rockefeller Republican in the classic sense as a combination of fiscal responsibility and social conscience.

From The Daily Beast

Without those subsidies, the worst-case scenario has Obamacare entering a fiscal death spiral.

From The Daily Beast

It was that we have serious fiscal problems that are going to bankrupt cities and towns—literally—and hurt a lot of people.

From The Daily Beast

A former House Budget chairman and Fox News alumnus, Kasich was a libertarian leaning fiscal conservative before it was cool.

From The Daily Beast

But all these fiscal operations should be, for our present purposes, separated from monetary operations.

From Project Gutenberg

The issue of government paper money is, indeed, a new departure; but its purpose has been more distinctly monetary than fiscal.

From Project Gutenberg

Your Majesty assigns him no salary, for it seems to be your intention to have him attend to that duty with his salary as fiscal.

From Project Gutenberg

As the Chinese are so numerous, the sum amounts to considerable, although it it not all paid to the fiscal.

From Project Gutenberg

The same has been said of Don Juan de Alvarado, ex-fiscal, and that is known throughout the country as a public matter.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• budgetary
• economic
• financial