fisc
noun
ˈfisk 
: a state or royal treasury
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web From 2008 to 2022, Connecticut’s state budget grew by 37%, while Massachusetts’s pro-growth policies fueled a doubling of the public fisc. 
Jim Stergios, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 The intention of tax is to provide revenue for the U.S. fisc. Benjamin Willis, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021 That’s debatable, however, since faster price rises are likely to trigger higher interest rates that would strain Rome’s fisc. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2021 Corporate tax directors are tasked with maximizing shareholder value, not protecting the public fisc. Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 27 May 2021 As the federal cost-share has declined to 90% from 100% in the early ObamaCare years for these new beneficiaries, state fiscs are being squeezed. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2020 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte this week announced the termination of a security pact that underpins the U.S.-Philippines alliance, and President Trump responded by celebrating potential savings for the American fisc. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Feb. 2020 The public fisc mattered, but so did the welfare of criminals and crime victims, of addicts and addicts’ families. Gabriel Rossman, National Review, 23 July 2019 So Democrats have a natural credibility challenge in presenting themselves as guardians of the public fisc, even among those taxpayers who have forgotten the spending surge that followed the inauguration of the last Democratic President. James Freeman, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2019 See More
Jim Stergios, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 The intention of tax is to provide revenue for the U.S. fisc. Benjamin Willis, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021 That’s debatable, however, since faster price rises are likely to trigger higher interest rates that would strain Rome’s fisc. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2021 Corporate tax directors are tasked with maximizing shareholder value, not protecting the public fisc. Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 27 May 2021 As the federal cost-share has declined to 90% from 100% in the early ObamaCare years for these new beneficiaries, state fiscs are being squeezed. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2020 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte this week announced the termination of a security pact that underpins the U.S.-Philippines alliance, and President Trump responded by celebrating potential savings for the American fisc. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Feb. 2020 The public fisc mattered, but so did the welfare of criminals and crime victims, of addicts and addicts’ families. Gabriel Rossman, National Review, 23 July 2019 So Democrats have a natural credibility challenge in presenting themselves as guardians of the public fisc, even among those taxpayers who have forgotten the spending surge that followed the inauguration of the last Democratic President. James Freeman, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin fiscus
First Known Use
1598, in the meaning defined above