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FISC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fisc mean?
• FISC (noun)
The noun FISC has 1 sense:
1. a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse
Familiarity information: FISC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("fisc" is a kind of...):
exchequer; treasury (the funds of a government or institution or individual)
Derivation:
fiscal (involving financial matters)
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