fisc

American

[fisk] / fɪsk /

noun

a royal or state treasury; exchequer.

fisc British

/ fɪsk /

noun

rare a state or royal treasury

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Etymology

Origin of fisc

1590–1600; < Middle French < Latin fiscus treasury, moneybag, literally, basket, bag

Example Sentences

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A taxpayer who loses her $40,000 house to the state to fulfill a $15,000 tax debt has made a far greater contribution to the public fisc than she owed.

From New York Times • May 25, 2023

The lawyers tend to see themselves as guardians of the public fisc, pitted against those who would drain the coffers: criminals looking for a payday, greedy lawyers, bleeding-heart juries.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2022

Can anything or anyone stop his raid on the public fisc?

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2019

This blend of government and business is nonideological and nonpartisan, conservative in its fisc yet liberal in its humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 30, 2016

In addition to the instructions sent by Vasco Nu�ez and the gold destined for the royal fisc, which we have mentioned, his friends had confided to him their treasure for their relatives in Spain.

From De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera by MacNutt, Francis Augustus

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