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单词 fiat
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fiatn.

Brit. /ˈfiːat/, /ˈfʌɪat/, U.S. /ˈfiət/, /ˈfiˌɑt/
Etymology: < Latin fīat ‘let it be done’, ‘let there be made’, 3rd person singular present subjunctive of fierī, used as passive of facere to do, make.
1.
a. Originally: the word ‘fiat’ itself, or a formula containing it, by which a competent authority gave his sanction to a proposed arrangement, to the performance of a request, etc. Hence: an authoritative sanction, an authorization. †fiat in bankruptcy: see quot. 1848. [Compare the following examples in medieval Latin: Ita fiat ut ego Chlodoveus volui ( Grant by Clovis in Mabillon De Re Diplomatica vi. li. (1681) 463). Signaturæ autem Papales expediuntur ab ipsa sanctitate per Fiat simplex, vel per Fiat geminatum, vel per Fiat proprio motu, vel per Fiat, ut petitur ( Compend. Benefic. Expos. in Du Cange s.v.).]
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > formal or authoritative permission > a formal or authoritative permission
safe conduct?1404
licence1433
royalty1633
fiat1647
licent1676
liceat1686
privilege1715
sanction1720
smart ticket1734
post warrant1812
sanctionment1818
wine-warrant1857
carnet1926
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 320 Nothing can be concluded without the Kings fiat.
1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 87 Unless the Lord be pleased to set his Fiat unto it, and to confirm it with his royall assent.
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 90 That all the Lecturers..be Licenced..with a Fiat from the Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury.
1768 Priv. Lett. Ld. Malmesbury I. 157 Mr. Wilkes not being in custody, the Attorney-General has refused his fiat to the writ of error which he wishes to sue out.
1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii III. iv. viii. 46 I tell thee, I have the fiat of the prætor.
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 252/2 Fiat in Bankruptcy, the authority of the Lord Chancellor to a commissioner of bankrupts, authorising him to proceed in the bankruptcy of a trader mentioned therein.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. i. 242 The decisive fiat was given: ‘Yes; start on it, in God's name!’
b. gen. An authoritative pronouncement, decree, command, order.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment > an ordinance or authoritative utterance
setnessc950
sandc1000
edict1297
statutec1300
proclamationa1325
justifyinga1382
rescritec1384
decree?a1400
thewsc1400
justification?a1475
ordinationc1499
dictamena1513
golden bull1537
dictate1604
process1604
dictament1615
dictation1651
fiata1750
diktat1941
a1750 A. Hill Wedding Day in Wks. (1753) III. 173 Our hands, at length, the unchanging fiat bound.
1810 P. B. Shelley Zastrozzi xvii. 252 Still Zastrozzi stood unmoved, and fearlessly awaited the fiat of his destiny.
1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvii. 570 To determine by the fiat of the king alone the course of national policy.
1883 J. Hawthorne Dust I. 44 Whose fiat in matters of fashion was law.
2. With reference to ‘fiat lux’ (let there be light) Genesis i. 3 in the Vulgate: A command having for its object the creation, formation, or construction of something.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > a command
wordOE
behestc1175
commandmentc1250
precepta1325
mandementc1325
saw1338
hotea1350
biddinga1400
highta1400
judgementc1405
order1543
imperea1546
command1552
shall?1553
impery1561
mandate1576
mandition1597
imperative1606
fiata1631
mitzvah1723
order of the day1804
hukum1838
prikaz1858
a1631 J. Donne Storme in Lett. Several Pers. 70 So that we (except God say Another ‘Fiat’) shall haue noe more day.
1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §60 If it be a Spirit that immediately produces every effect by a fiat or act of his will.
1779 T. Jefferson Corr. in Wks. (1859) I. 215 Put into movement..by the fiat of a comprehensive mind.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. i. 6 Was space furnished at once, by the fiat of Omnipotence, with these burning orbs?
1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 358 St. Petersburg..sprang into existence by the fiat of royal will.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
fiat dollar n.
ΚΠ
1879 Congr. Rec. 17 May 1438/1 You now have the ‘fiat dollar’..redeemable in pulp.
fiat-power n.
ΚΠ
1887 A. Johnston in New Princeton Rev. IV. 176 The verdict of approval, however, has usually taken a form which implies a certain fiat power in the Convention.
C2.
fiat-money n. U.S. money (such as an inconvertible paper currency) which is made legal tender by a ‘fiat’ of the government, without having an intrinsic or promissory value equal to its nominal value.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > [noun] > types of currency
soft currency1837
fiat-money1880
token coinage1881
token-money1889
token currency1893
monopoly money1895
hard currency1940
soft currency1940
reserve currency1950
petrocurrency1974
cryptocurrency1991
commodity dollar1998
1880 ‘E. Kirke’ Life J. A. Garfield 30 We shall still hear echoes of the old conflict, such as..the virtues of ‘fiat-money’.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lvi. 369 Greenbacks, or so-called ‘fiat money’.
fiat town n. U.S. (see quot.)
ΚΠ
1879 Harper's Mag. Dec. 30/1 Atlanta is a ‘fiat’ town, and was put where she is by act of Legislature.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

fiatv.

Brit. /ˈfiːat/, /ˈfʌɪat/, U.S. /ˈfiət/, /ˈfiˌɑt/
Etymology: < fiat n.
1. transitive. To attach a ‘fiat’ to; to sanction.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)]
thave835
baithea1350
consentc1386
accordc1400
agreea1413
sustainc1425
to fall to ——a1450
exalt1490
avow1530
to stand satisfactory to1576
teem1584
assent1637
to close with1654
fiat1831
to stand in1911
wear1925
society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit authoritatively
allowa1325
congeea1387
authorizea1425
enable1526
licentc1540
warrant1578
broad-seal1601
licentiate1632
ratihabit1678
sanction1797
fiat1831
officializea1832
facultate1878
1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 246 Their adjudication is all but fiated when they go out of office.
1863 J. S. Le Fanu House by Churchyard (ed. 2) I. 7 My uncle fiated the sexton's presentment, and the work commenced forthwith.
1871 Times 25 Feb. Mr. Justice Fitzgerald to-day fiated a presentment for 500l. to the family of M'Mahon.
2. transitive. To declare by a ‘fiat’.
ΚΠ
1879 Congr. Rec. 17 May 1438/1 You can ‘fiat’ eighty-five cents to be worth a hundred cents.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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