单词 | fisc |
释义 | fisc/fɪsk /noun 1 Roman History The public treasury of Rome or the emperor’s privy purse.With the closure of the temples, sacred property reverted to the imperial fisc. 1.1 archaic & North American A public treasury or exchequer.By this he means, first of all, that under it the fisc cannot increase revenues at will, because it has but one source and is already by assumption taking all that that source will yield....
1.2 (also fisk) Scottish archaic The public treasury to which estates lapse by escheat. OriginLate 16th century: from French, or from Latin fiscus 'rush basket, purse, treasury'. Rhymes |
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