fisc

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/fɪsk/

noun

The public treasury of Rome.

OriginMiddle French fisc ← Latin fiscus →
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Meanings

fisc1

nounfisc (plural fiscs)

plural fiscs

  1. Ancient RomeThe public treasury of Rome.
  2. Any state treasury or exchequer.

    He did not mention that Trump is about as popular with the British public as drug-resistant syphilis and that it would be political suicide to bribe him with cash out of the public fisc.

    2026 February 3, “The End of Free Speech” (10:39 from the start), in LegalEagle, spoken by Liz Dye, retrieved 03 Feb 2026
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    When they had resolved to appropriate to the Fisc, a certain portion of the landed property of their conquered country, it was their business to render their bank a real fund of credit […].

    1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, page 340

Fisc2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Latinfiscus“basket, money-bag, public treasury”
  2. Middle Frenchfisc
  3. Englishfisc

Partly from Middle French fisc and partly from its etymon, Latin fiscus (“basket, money-bag, public treasury”); see fiscal.

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Translations

Spanish fisco
  • fiscotreasury

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fisc

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Sounds the same

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Anagrams

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APA

fisc. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fisc

MLA

“fisc.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fisc. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fisc,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fisc.

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