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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 purseplay

  Familiarity information: FISC used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FISC (noun)


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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