fiscal

fis·cal
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/ˈfɪskəl/

adjective

Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.

“fiscal lawyer”

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financial
OriginMiddle French fiscal ← Latin fiscus →
CommonScrabble 11
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Meanings

fiscal1

adjectivefiscal (comparative more fiscal, superlative most fiscal)

comparative more fiscal · superlative most fiscal

  1. Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.

    fiscal lawyer

    2 more examples

    fiscal matters

    fiscal system

  2. proscribedPertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
  3. Being a fiscal year.

    The allotment is $22 million less than the Pentagon spent on military bands in fiscal 1990.

    1990 August 31, John Zeh, “NEA Session Disrupted”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 7, page 3
nounfiscal (plural fiscals)

plural fiscals

  1. A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.

    ‘There I was interrogated by the Fiscal, who was making out a proces verbal […].’

    1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 149
  2. Scots lawProcurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
  3. lawIn certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.

fiscal2

nounfiscal (plural fiscals)

plural fiscals

  1. PhilippineslawA public prosecutor (UK) or a district attorney (US).

fiscal3

nounfiscal (plural fiscals)

plural fiscals

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

Fiscal4

proper nounFiscal (plural Fiscals)

plural Fiscals

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveinvolving financial matters

Similar
financial
Also see
financial

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

fiscal · adjective, noun

  1. Latinfiscus“treasury”
  2. Middle Frenchfiscal
  3. Englishfiscal

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

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fiscal · noun

  1. Latinfiscus“treasury”
  2. Spanishfiscal
  3. Englishfiscal

From Spanish fiscal, ultimately from Latin fiscus (“treasury”).

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fiscal · noun

  1. Afrikaansfiskaal“public official, hangman”
  2. Englishfiscal

After Afrikaans fiskaal (“public official, hangman”).

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Translations

Afrikaans fiskaal
  • fiskaalrelated to the treasury
Arabic مَالِيّ, مَالِيّ
  • مَالِيّ (māliyy)related to the treasury
  • مَالِيّ (māliyy)pertaining to finance in general
Bulgarian фиска́лен, фина́нсов
  • фиска́лен (fiskálen)related to the treasury
  • фина́нсов (finánsov)pertaining to finance in general
Catalan fiscal, fiscal
  • fiscalrelated to the treasury
  • fiscalpertaining to finance in general
Danish fiskal, skattemæssig
  • fiskalrelated to the treasury
  • skattemæssigrelated to the treasury
  • skatte-related to the treasury
  • financielpertaining to finance in general
  • finans-pertaining to finance in general
Dutch fiscaal, fiscaal
  • fiscaalrelated to the treasury
  • fiscaalpertaining to finance in general
Finnish fiskaalinen, budjetti-
  • fiskaalinenrelated to the treasury
  • budjetti-related to the treasury
  • tulo-related to the treasury
  • kassa-related to the treasury
  • vero-related to the treasury
  • rahallinenpertaining to finance in general
  • viskaalipublic official
  • lepinkäinenany of various African shrikes
French budgétaire
  • budgétairerelated to the treasury
Greek δημοσιονομικός, οικονομικός
  • δημοσιονομικός (dimosionomikós)related to the treasury
  • οικονομικός (oikonomikós)pertaining to finance in general
Indonesian fiskal
  • fiskalrelated to the treasury
Italian fiscale
  • fiscalerelated to the treasury
Portuguese fiscal
  • fiscalpertaining to finance in general
Russian фиска́льный, фина́нсовый
  • фиска́льный (fiskálʹnyj)related to the treasury
  • фина́нсовый (finánsovyj)pertaining to finance in general
Spanish fiscal, crematístico
  • fiscalpertaining to finance in general
  • crematísticopertaining to finance in general
Swedish fiskal, fiskalisk
  • fiskalrelated to the treasury
  • fiskaliskrelated to the treasury
  • finansiellpertaining to finance in general
Ukrainian фіска́льний, фіна́нсовий
  • фіска́льний (fiskálʹnyj)related to the treasury
  • фіна́нсовий (finánsovyj)pertaining to finance in general

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fiscal

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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