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Definition of fiat
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Examples of fiat in a Sentence
He runs the company by fiat.
the school principal issued a fiat that caps were not to be worn inside the school, and that was that
Recent Examples of fiat from the Web
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Ergo the notion, evidenced by Microsoft's shift to fully authored devices like the Surface line, that the company is finally heeding that Jobs-ian fiat.
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Other forms include acts of parliament, amendments, special commissions or presidential fiat.
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The pontiff departed from the airport with the window of his blue fiat rolled down, shunning an armored motorcade.
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Unelected tyrants and religious zealots make policy by fiat.
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By executive fiat, the Department of Labor is effectively demoting millions of workers.
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Most important, in the suspicious eyes of Russian nationalists fixed on the foreign Goliaths, the IBS was not created by the corporate fiat of interlopers.
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Origin and Etymology of fiat
Latin, let it be done, 3rd singular present subjunctive of fieri to become, be done — more at be
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fiat
playDefinition of fiat for English Language Learners
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: an official order given by someone who has power : an order that must be followed
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