fisc

Noun
US[fisk]/fɪsk/1 syllable

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purseType of treasury, exchequer

Related words financial adjective

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Fisc (fĭsk), noun

Origin: F. fisc, fr. L. fiscus basket, money basket, treasury; prob. akin to fascis bundle. See Fasces.

A public or state treasury. Edmund Burke

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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