fiscal

Meanings

Adjective

• Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
• Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.

Noun

• A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
• procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
• In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.
• Any of various African shrike of the genus Lanius.

Origin

• From Middle French fiscal, from Latin fiscus – see fiscus and fisc.
• After Afrikaans fiskaal ("public official, hangman").