fisc

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (Ancient-Rome) The public treasury of Rome.
2. Any state treasury or exchequer.

Sinonieme

fisk

state treasury

treasury

Treasury

national treasury

Treasury Department

Vertalings

schatkist

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fɪsk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Partly from Middle French fisc and partly from its etymon, Latin fiscus (“basket, money-bag, public treasury”); see fiscal.