Definition of FISCAL

fiscal

Plural: fiscals

Adjective

  • involving financial matters
    • "fiscal responsibility"

Adj

  • Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
  • Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
  • Being a fiscal year.

Noun

  • A public prosecutor, often in certain legal systems.
  • A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
  • Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
  • In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.
  • A public prosecutor (UK) or a district attorney (US).
  • Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.

Examples

  • fiscal lawyer
  • fiscal matters
  • fiscal system
  • The FISCAL of the Scrabble league ensured all challenged words were valid.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

financial

Antonyms

nonfinancial

Scrabble Score: 11

fiscal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
fiscal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fiscal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

fiscal: valid Words With Friends Word