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fiscal

adjective · noun

Simple meaning

Related to money matters for a government or a company

Pronunciation

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fiskuhl

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈfɪskəl

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Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

adjective

  1. Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.

  2. proscribed

    Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.

  3. Being a fiscal year.

noun

  1. A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.

Used this way, fiscal is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in business or professional and government or politics contexts.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Business/professional
  • Government/politics

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More ways to use fiscal

  • “Fiscal responsibility.”adjective

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Word Family

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Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • fiscallyadverbDerived adverb

    In financial matters.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • fiscal yearnounCompound term

    Any accounting period of 12 months.

  • fiscal policynounCompound term

    A government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing).

  • in fiscal mattersadverbCompound term

    In financial matters.

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