ifs

I1F4S1
/ɪfs/

proper noun

Institute for State Policy.

Less commonScrabble 6

Meanings

ifs1

noun
  1. pluralplural of if

IFS2

nounIFS (countable and uncountable, plural IFSs)

plural IFSs

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nounIFS pl (plural only)
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proper noun
  1. 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

noun
  1. pluralplural of IF

IfS4

proper noun
  1. 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

  1. GermanIfS“Institut für Staatspolitik”
  2. EnglishIfS

Borrowed from German IfS (“Institut für Staatspolitik”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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