Definitions for: Fiscal


[adj] involving financial matters; "fiscal responsibility"



Webster (1913) Definition: Fis"cal, a. [F. fiscal, L. fiscalis, fr. fiscus. See
Fisc.]
Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.

The fiscal arreangements of government.
--A.gt.Hamilton.


Fis"cal, n.
1. The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exhequer.
[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.

Synonyms: financial

Antonyms: nonfinancial

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