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[ fisk ] / fɪsk /
nouna royal or state treasury; exchequer. Origin of fisc1590–1600; <Middle French <Latin fiscus treasury, moneybag, literally, basket, bag Words nearby fiscfirst water, First World, first world problem, First World War, firth, fisc, fiscal, fiscal agent, fiscal cliff, fiscal drag, fiscal policy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fiscAnd so the FISC—and perhaps other federal courts—will cave rather than fight. The Secret FISA Court Must Go|Jennifer Granick, Christopher Sprigman|July 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST In effect, an overreaching administration and a supine FISC are ginning up a secret constitution. The Secret FISA Court Must Go|Jennifer Granick, Christopher Sprigman|July 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST The FISC does not approve the directives or the individuals to be monitored via those directives. The Secret FISA Court Must Go|Jennifer Granick, Christopher Sprigman|July 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST Perhaps most importantly, the FISC has a strong practical incentive to find a way to say “yes” to the government. The Secret FISA Court Must Go|Jennifer Granick, Christopher Sprigman|July 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Determining that question requires a public debate, which is precisely what the FISC is built to prevent. The Secret FISA Court Must Go|Jennifer Granick, Christopher Sprigman|July 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST Fisc, fisk, n. the state treasury: the public revenue: one's purse. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various We exempt him and those who may settle with him in the said Valley of Charolles, of all contributions to our fisc. The Poniard's Hilt|Eugne Sue Nor does what he wrote later on to the contrary in aid of the Fisc, of which he was then Advocate, stand in refutation; Spada. The Old Yellow Book|Anonymous This argument, strong as it is, has succeeded in weakening one wise and earnest adherent of the Fisc. The Old Yellow Book|Anonymous As the children were incapable of inheritance, she only held the dower for life, after which it fell into the fisc. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I|Henry Charles Lea
British Dictionary definitions for fisc
nounrare a state or royal treasury Word Origin for fiscC16: from Latin fiscus treasury, originally money-bag Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |