fiscal

Fiscal, a.

Etymology: [F. fiscal, L. fiscalis, fr. fiscus. See Fisc.]

Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue. The fiscal arreangements of government. A. Hamilton.

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Fiscal, n.

1. The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exchequer. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. A treasurer. H. Swinburne.

3. A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; -- called also procurator fiscal.

4. The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for fiscal; he lists it under financial.

Where he writes about it:

It is common to speak of the fiscal rather than the financial year. — from financial

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