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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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Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
The harsh fiscal reality not only may doom expansion of the programmatic gains that those on the left championed, but imperil their very existence just as the additional benefits begin kicking in.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
From fiscal 2016 through 2023, Aramco has posted an astonishing $722 billion in profits, more than any other company in the world over that span.
—Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
The Marshals Service said serious threats against federal judges rose to 457 in fiscal year 2023, up from 224 in fiscal 2021.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
More broadly, fiscal incentives are absolutely decisive tools in the global competition among film studios.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
During the first nine months of fiscal 2024, the state's net general revenue have dropped by $288.7 million, or 5.6%, from the same period in fiscal 2024 to $4.8 billion, but beat the state's latest forecast by $77.8 million, or 1.6%.
—Michael R. Wickline, arkansasonline.com, 2 Apr. 2024
This signals an implicit recognition of the U.S. entering a period of fiscal dominance, with a focus on stabilizing interest rates and borrowing costs.
—Dan Irvine, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Trump broke with many core elements of Republican economic orthodoxy, promising to never cut entitlements like Social Security and Medicare, which reversed decades of Republican fiscal conservatism.
—CBS News, 23 Mar. 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 18 Apr. 2024.
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Latin fiscalis, from fiscus basket, treasury
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