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单词 fiscal
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Definition of fiscal in English:

fiscal

adjective ˈfɪsk(ə)lˈfɪsk(ə)l
  • 1Relating to government revenue, especially taxes.

    monetary and fiscal policy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A lot would depend on U.S. policy, not just monetary but fiscal policy.
    • So if the UK reacts differently to changes in the world economy from the rest of the eurozone, the only lever left to stabilise the economy is fiscal policy.
    • It must also continue to adopt monetary and fiscal policies for solving economic problems.
    • In the 1980s the hike was caused by our domestic policies, as both monetary and fiscal policy pushed up the exchange rate.
    • Revenue and fiscal deficits were projected at 2.9 and 4.4 per cent for 2004-05.
    • Economic instability is caused by poor monetary and fiscal policies of a country.
    • A recent study by the US General Accounting Office tells us that in 1949, 47 per cent of all fiscal revenues were collected from corporations.
    • But it is precisely because Britain must be globally competitive that we need to maintain control of our currency, monetary policy and fiscal policy.
    • The problem is that there are two major levers on the economy: monetary policy, to do with the money supply, and fiscal policy, to do with how much the government spends.
    • At the same time, Beijing has also lost flexibility in pursuing fiscal policy due to its loss of revenues from provincial authorities.
    • The rating reflects the Government's record of prudent economic and fiscal policies in the face of substantial structural challenges.
    • This has resulted in lower government revenue and a larger fiscal deficit.
    • Persistent revenue shortfalls and growing fiscal pressures create the need to seek and find alternative measures of meeting the demands on the public budget.
    • Its causes may have little to do with monetary or fiscal policy being too tight.
    • This year, thanks to rising revenues and wise fiscal policy, the deficit was $108 billion less than expected.
    • The government has a fiscal revenue projection of a billion dollars.
    • With weak economic growth squeezing fiscal revenues, he was forced to announce a sharp increase in public borrowing in November.
    • Controlling both expenditures and revenues is fiscal prudence, something you promised.
    • The upgrade reflects the country's bright economic prospects and prudent fiscal policies.
    • Governments which pursue monetary and fiscal policies which are not seen to be sustainable in the long-term are punished hard these days - and much more rapidly than 30 or 40 years ago.
    Synonyms
    tax, budgetary, revenue
    financial, economic, monetary, money, pecuniary, capital
    1. 1.1North American Relating to financial matters.
      the domestic fiscal crisis
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There is so much emphasis today on budgeting, investments, fiscal and financial matters, both public and private.
      • I believe in equality of opportunity, not just for fiscal matters but for matters of the heart.
      • The state budget fell for the first time since the fiscal crises of the 1970s.
      • He will meet with students, educators and administrators during the month of November to discuss fiscal matters.
      • He cannot be extradited to Britain because of an Anglo-Irish agreement that rules suspects in fiscal matters are not subject to extradition.
      • And this is so even though two of the founding members, France and Germany, have frequently themselves been in breach of the rules, particularly in fiscal matters.
      • That combination - a cyclical economy and high fixed costs - virtually guarantees a fiscal crisis during an economic slowdown.
      • That's an impossibility given the state's fiscal crisis.
      • He then listed the consequences of failing to address ‘the looming fiscal crisis in Social Security.’
      • It also recognizes ‘the rights of the Catholic Church in economic, legal and fiscal matters.’
      • In the past, it was unheard of to discuss fiscal matters pertaining to security wings.
      • Our finance people, for example, are expert in fiscal matters, but we tend to forget that it takes more than a bottom line to make the bottom line.
      • So the strong fiscal and monetary stimulus is a positive for gold investors.
      • This crowd literally doesn't have a clue when it comes to fiscal matters.
      • Secondly, if you look at his record, it has been very good on fiscal matters.
      Synonyms
      financial, monetary, pecuniary, budgetary, commercial, trade, mercantile
    2. 1.2North American Denoting a financial year.
      the budget deficit for fiscal 1996
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The cuts will come on top of a tough fiscal 2005 budget that held government programs outside of homeland security and defense to an average 1 percent increase.
      • India crossed the 100-million telephone subscribers-mark in the current fiscal 2005-06 in May.
      • According to the company, Q3 and Q4 are scene-setters for a barnstorming fiscal 2003.
      • It closed fiscal 2002 with enough cash per share to cover 82% of its stock price.
noun ˈfɪsk(ə)lˈfɪsk(ə)l
  • 1archaic A legal or treasury official in some countries.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As early as 1711, an Oberfiscal was appointed aided by a staff of fiscals who had to be secret appointments as they had the task of checking the honesty and integrity of government officials.
    1. 1.1Scottish
      short for procurator fiscal
      Example sentencesExamples
      • An extra £20m investment has paid for another 56 lawyers and 160 backroom staff, easing the pressure and giving fiscals more time to lift their heads and speak to police.
      • Police, fiscals and judges can all exercise discretion over who to prosecute.
      • A Scottish fiscal is teaching trial techniques to Moldovan lawyers.
      • And the police will sometimes tell you they are asked by fiscals for information which isn't necessary.
      • The Procurator Fiscal in Edinburgh is taking steps to ensure that all temporary fiscals are fully aware of, and follow, the correct procedures.
  • 2An African shrike (songbird) with black-and-white plumage.

    Genus Lanius, family Laniidae: several species

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French, or from Latin fiscalis, from fiscus 'purse, treasury' (see fisc).

  • confiscate from mid 16th century:

    The original meaning of confiscate was ‘to take someone's property for the public treasury as a punishment’. It comes from Latin confiscare ‘to store in a chest’ or ‘to take something for the public treasury’, based on con- ‘together’ and fiscus ‘chest or treasury’, also the root of fiscal (mid 16th century).

 
 

Definition of fiscal in US English:

fiscal

adjectiveˈfɪsk(ə)lˈfisk(ə)l
  • 1Relating to government revenue, especially taxes.

    monetary and fiscal policy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But it is precisely because Britain must be globally competitive that we need to maintain control of our currency, monetary policy and fiscal policy.
    • This year, thanks to rising revenues and wise fiscal policy, the deficit was $108 billion less than expected.
    • The rating reflects the Government's record of prudent economic and fiscal policies in the face of substantial structural challenges.
    • Governments which pursue monetary and fiscal policies which are not seen to be sustainable in the long-term are punished hard these days - and much more rapidly than 30 or 40 years ago.
    • This has resulted in lower government revenue and a larger fiscal deficit.
    • The problem is that there are two major levers on the economy: monetary policy, to do with the money supply, and fiscal policy, to do with how much the government spends.
    • A lot would depend on U.S. policy, not just monetary but fiscal policy.
    • Its causes may have little to do with monetary or fiscal policy being too tight.
    • A recent study by the US General Accounting Office tells us that in 1949, 47 per cent of all fiscal revenues were collected from corporations.
    • The government has a fiscal revenue projection of a billion dollars.
    • Economic instability is caused by poor monetary and fiscal policies of a country.
    • At the same time, Beijing has also lost flexibility in pursuing fiscal policy due to its loss of revenues from provincial authorities.
    • Revenue and fiscal deficits were projected at 2.9 and 4.4 per cent for 2004-05.
    • The upgrade reflects the country's bright economic prospects and prudent fiscal policies.
    • In the 1980s the hike was caused by our domestic policies, as both monetary and fiscal policy pushed up the exchange rate.
    • Controlling both expenditures and revenues is fiscal prudence, something you promised.
    • So if the UK reacts differently to changes in the world economy from the rest of the eurozone, the only lever left to stabilise the economy is fiscal policy.
    • It must also continue to adopt monetary and fiscal policies for solving economic problems.
    • With weak economic growth squeezing fiscal revenues, he was forced to announce a sharp increase in public borrowing in November.
    • Persistent revenue shortfalls and growing fiscal pressures create the need to seek and find alternative measures of meeting the demands on the public budget.
    Synonyms
    tax, budgetary, revenue
    1. 1.1North American Relating to financial matters.
      the domestic fiscal crisis
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the past, it was unheard of to discuss fiscal matters pertaining to security wings.
      • That's an impossibility given the state's fiscal crisis.
      • This crowd literally doesn't have a clue when it comes to fiscal matters.
      • Our finance people, for example, are expert in fiscal matters, but we tend to forget that it takes more than a bottom line to make the bottom line.
      • The state budget fell for the first time since the fiscal crises of the 1970s.
      • He will meet with students, educators and administrators during the month of November to discuss fiscal matters.
      • He then listed the consequences of failing to address ‘the looming fiscal crisis in Social Security.’
      • It also recognizes ‘the rights of the Catholic Church in economic, legal and fiscal matters.’
      • I believe in equality of opportunity, not just for fiscal matters but for matters of the heart.
      • And this is so even though two of the founding members, France and Germany, have frequently themselves been in breach of the rules, particularly in fiscal matters.
      • So the strong fiscal and monetary stimulus is a positive for gold investors.
      • He cannot be extradited to Britain because of an Anglo-Irish agreement that rules suspects in fiscal matters are not subject to extradition.
      • Secondly, if you look at his record, it has been very good on fiscal matters.
      • That combination - a cyclical economy and high fixed costs - virtually guarantees a fiscal crisis during an economic slowdown.
      • There is so much emphasis today on budgeting, investments, fiscal and financial matters, both public and private.
      Synonyms
      financial, monetary, pecuniary, budgetary, commercial, trade, mercantile
    2. 1.2North American Used to denote a fiscal year.
      the budget deficit for fiscal 1996
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The cuts will come on top of a tough fiscal 2005 budget that held government programs outside of homeland security and defense to an average 1 percent increase.
      • It closed fiscal 2002 with enough cash per share to cover 82% of its stock price.
      • According to the company, Q3 and Q4 are scene-setters for a barnstorming fiscal 2003.
      • India crossed the 100-million telephone subscribers-mark in the current fiscal 2005-06 in May.
nounˈfɪsk(ə)lˈfisk(ə)l
archaic
  • A legal or treasury official in some countries.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As early as 1711, an Oberfiscal was appointed aided by a staff of fiscals who had to be secret appointments as they had the task of checking the honesty and integrity of government officials.

Origin

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

 
 
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