Fiscal

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɪskÉ™l/
• Rhymes: -ɪskÉ™l

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

Full definition of fiscal

Adjective

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.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with financial, which refers to money generally, particularly lending and banking, rather than narrowly to a treasury.

Noun

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

Related terms

• fisc

After Afrikaans fiskaal ("public official, hangman")

Noun

1. Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.