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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. involving financial matters;
- Example: "fiscal responsibility"
[syn: fiscal, financial]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fiscal \Fis"cal\ (f[i^]s"kal), a. [F. fiscal, L. fiscalis, fr. fiscus. See Fisc.] Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue. [1913 Webster] The fiscal arrangements of government. --A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fiscal \Fis"cal\, n. 1. The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exchequer. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. A treasurer. --H. Swinburne. [1913 Webster] 3. A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; -- called also procurator fiscal. [1913 Webster] 4. The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fiscal adj 1: involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility" [syn: fiscal, financial] [ant: nonfinancial]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

FISCAL. Belonging to the fisc, or public treasury.