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Meaning of FISCAL

Pronunciation:  'fiskul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility"
 
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 Synonyms: financial
 
 Antonyms: nonfinancial
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Fis"cal\, a. [F. fiscal, L. fiscalis, fr. fiscus. See
    {Fisc}.]
    Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.
          The fiscal arreangements of government.
                                                   --A.gt.Hamilton.
    
  2. \Fis"cal\, n.
    1. The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exhequer.
       [Obs.] --Bacon.
    2. A treasurer. --H. Swinburne.
    3. A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty
       criminal cases; -- called also {procurator fiscal}.
    4. The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.
    
 

 

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