fisc

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse

Etymology

Partly from Middle French fisc and partly from its etymon, Latin fiscus (“basket, money-bag, public treasury”); see fiscal.

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