Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fiscal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fiscal \Fis"cal\, a. [F. fiscal, L. fiscalis, fr. fiscus. See
{Fisc}.]
Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.
The fiscal arreangements of government.
--A.gt.Hamilton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fiscal \Fis"cal\, n.
1. The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exhequer.
[Obs.] --Bacon.
2. A treasurer. --H. Swinburne.
3. A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty
criminal cases; -- called also {procurator fiscal}.
4. The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fiscal
adj : involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility" [syn: {financial}]
[ant: {nonfinancial}]
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