'Fiscal' definitions:
Definition of 'fiscal'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility" [syn: fiscal, financial] [ant: nonfinancial]
Definition of 'Fiscal'
From: GCIDE
- Fiscal \Fis"cal\ (f[i^]s"kal), a. [F. fiscal, L. fiscalis, fr. fiscus. See Fisc.] Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue. [1913 Webster]
- The fiscal arrangements of government. --A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fiscal'
From: GCIDE
- Fiscal \Fis"cal\, n.
- 1. The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exchequer. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A treasurer. --H. Swinburne. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; -- called also procurator fiscal. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general. [1913 Webster]