fiscal

Meaning

Adj

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.

Noun

1. A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
2. Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
3. In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.

Noun

A public prosecutor (UK) or a district attorney (US).

Noun

Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.

Synonyms

financial

monetary

economic

financial policy

economical

prosecuting

punctilious

tax

thrifty

Translations

fiscal

fiscale

fiscal

fiscal

οικονομικός

fiscaal

tributario

finanzpolitisch

erariale

steuerrechtlich

financeiro

δημοσιονομικός

مالي

fiscal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɪskəl/

Etymology

From Middle French fiscal, from Latin fiscus (“treasury”) – see fiscus and fisc.