Meaning

Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue..

Definitions by Sense

1. Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
2. (proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
3. Being a fiscal year.
4. A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
5. (Scots law) Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
6. (law) In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.
7. (Philippines, law) A public prosecutor (UK) or a district attorney (US).
8. Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.

Example Sentences

fiscal matters

fiscal lawyer

fiscal system

The allotment is $22 million less than the Pentagon spent on military bands in fiscal 1990.

‘There I was interrogated by the Fiscal, who was making out a proces verbal […].’

Word Forms

• more fiscal
• most fiscal
• fiscals

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When Should You Use Fiscal?

Use fiscal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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