Meanings
ifs1
- pluralplural of if
IFS2
plural IFSs
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of iterated function system.
- abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of information fatigue syndrome.
- Unixabbreviationinitialismpluralplural onlycomputingInitialism of Input Field Separators.
- UKabbreviationinitialismeconomicsInitialism of Institute for Fiscal Studies: an economic research institute based in London, United Kingdom, which specialises in UK taxation and public policy.
At the IFS, they laboured in vain to bring the nation’s attention back to the real economic news, which wasn’t the budget so much as the tax and benefit changes set to kick in next month: […]
2017 March 13, Zoe Williams, “Cuts are a feminist issue. So what would a suffragette do?”, in The Guardian
IFs3
- pluralplural of IF
IfS4
- GermangovernmentInstitute for State Policy.
Two other organizations – the Institute for State Policy (IfS) and the “Ein Prozent” (One Percent) association – were labeled extremist at the same time as the group.
2023 May 24, Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, “Germany intensifies scrutiny of far-right AfD, labeling its youth wing ‘extremist’”, in CNN
Origin
- GermanIfS“Institut für Staatspolitik”
- EnglishIfS
Borrowed from German IfS (“Institut für Staatspolitik”).
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Cite this entry
ifs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ifs
“ifs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ifs. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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