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FISCAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Involving financial matters

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)

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