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Fiscal derives from the Latin noun fiscus, meaning "basket" or "treasury." In ancient Rome, fiscus was the term for the treasury controlled by the emperor, where the money was literally stored in baskets and was collected primarily in the form of revenue from the provinces. Fiscus also gave English confiscate, which is most familiar as a verb meaning "to seize by or as if by authority," but it can additionally refer to the forfeiting of private property to public use. Today, we often encounter fiscal in "fiscal year," a 12-month accounting period not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Apr. 2024
Sumitomo’s fiscal 2023 earnings are due Thursday, when the company is also scheduled to reveal its medium-term business plan.
—Winnie Hsu, Fortune Asia, 29 Apr. 2024
JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon compared today's scenario to the 1970s, emphasizing significant risks from fiscal deficits and inflationary policies affecting market stability.
—Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2024
Mickey McFetridge, finance director, and Greg Mones, executive director of fiscal and human resources, first presented the salary numbers at the March meeting.
—Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 26 Apr. 2024
This means that these funds go to districts as the fiscal agent.
—Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2024
The energy crisis comes on the heels of a security crisis and a fiscal crisis that’s sent it seeking help from the International Monetary Fund.
—TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
The expansion could cost the state $12 million of potential earnings, though that could be partly offset by the economic activity generated from those loans, according to a legislative fiscal analysis.
—Associated Press, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
Republican fiscal policies are almost invariably aimed to benefit corporations and wealthier Americans.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 11 May 2023
Medtronic expects organic revenue growth of around 4% in the second half of the current fiscal.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
In May, when the government decided to cut the excise duty on petrol by Rs8 and on diesel by Rs6 per litre to reduce inflationary pressures, experts had estimated the cost to the exchequer would increase by Rs85,000 crore in the ongoing fiscal.
—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 4 July 2022
His major reforms included fewer government programs and reduced government spending; less government intervention in fiscal, trade, and labor policies; income-tax cuts; and privatization.
—Lee Edwards, National Review, 14 Oct. 2019
The treasurer doesn't have much authority to set the state's fiscal or any other type of policy.
—Julia O'Donoghue, NOLA.com, 13 Oct. 2017
If approved, the plan could raise $435 million through 2019, according to an April fiscal analysis of HB 2186.
—Joseph O’Sullivan, The Seattle Times, 5 June 2017
This year that is not an option if Republicans want to advance their ambitious fiscal...
—Kate Davidson, WSJ, 18 May 2017
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“Fiscal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiscal. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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Latin fiscalis, from fiscus basket, treasury
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