fiscal

adj

Etymology: From Middle French fiscal, from Latin fiscus (“treasury”) – see fiscus and fisc.

1. Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.

   “fiscal matters”

   “fiscal lawyer”

2. Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
3. Being a fiscal year.

   “The allotment is $22 million less than the Pentagon spent on military bands in fiscal 1990.”

name

1. A surname from Spanish.

noun

Etymology: After Afrikaans fiskaal (“public official, hangman”).

1. Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.