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   fiscal

   /ˈfɪskl/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to government revenue, especially taxes: "monetary and fiscal policy"
   • ▪ relating to financial matters: "the domestic fiscal crisis"
   • ▪ denoting a financial year: "the budget deficit for fiscal 1996"

   noun

   • 1. a legal or treasury official in some countries. archaic
   • ▪ short for procurator fiscal archaic Scottish
   • 2. an African shrike (songbird) with black-and-white plumage.

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French, or from Latin fiscalis, from fiscus ‘purse, treasury’ (see fisc).

   Scrabble Points: 11

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