fiscal
[fis-kuh l]
- of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- of or relating to financial matters in general.
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- (in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.
- Philately. a revenue stamp.
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Origin of fiscal
Synonyms
See more synonyms for fiscal on Thesaurus.com1. See financial.
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Contemporary Examples
Healey describes his politics as "libertarian in some aspects, Jacksonian, Jeffersonian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative."
The political action group aims to bring “fiscally independent women into the political process,” according to its website.
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And it will be both politically and fiscally challenging to shake loose new cash for anything that Obama might want to accomplish.
Fiscally conservative, socially moderate, James offers the city a way out of its budget morass.
They all shared a similar centrist political profile that can be fairly described as fiscally conservative but socially liberal.
Historical Examples
And I want to point out that this proposal is fiscally sound.
And we must ensure that America stands before the world united, strong, at peace, and fiscally sound.
The introduction of fiscally oriented capital controls (as Chile has implemented) is one possibility.
After the RainSam Vaknin
fiscal
- of or relating to government finances, esp tax revenues
- of or involving financial matters
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- (in some countries) a public prosecutor
- Scot short for procurator fiscal
- a postage or other stamp signifying payment of a tax
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin fiscālis concerning the state treasury, from fiscus public money; see fisc
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Word Origin and History for fiscally
fiscal
adj.
1560s, "pertaining to public revenue," from Middle French fiscal, from Late Latin fiscalis "of or belonging to the state treasury," from Latin fiscus "treasury," originally "purse, basket made of twigs (in which money was kept)," of unknown origin. The general sense of "financial" (1865, American English) was abstracted from phrases like fiscal calendar, fiscal year. Related: Fiscally.
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