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FISCAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
fiscal responsibility
Synonyms:
financial; fiscal
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
finance (the commercial activity of providing funds and capital)
Derivation:
fisc (a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse)