fiscal

«fiscal» in Mova's school dictionary: about government money: taxes and public spending — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (formal)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Fiscal means about government money: taxes and public spending. tree →

2) (formal) Fiscal year: the twelve-month period a government or company uses for its accounts (US; «financial year» in the UK and Australia). tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in news, economics and formal writing: «fiscal policy», «fiscal year», «fiscal deficit». Rarely used by children; everyday words are «money» or «financial».

examples

• The government changed its fiscal policy to lower taxes. tree →
• The company reports its profits at the end of each fiscal year. tree →
• Fiscal rules limit how much a country can borrow. tree →
• The report looked at fiscal spending on schools. tree →
• A fiscal deficit means spending more than you collect. tree →
• The mayor gave a fiscal update to the council. tree →

note

Formal, mostly about governments. Not the same as «physical» though it sounds a bit like it. «Financial» is broader (any money); «fiscal» is about public money and taxes.

In the corpora

• "Fiscal consolidation" means cuts in public spending and tax rises.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fiscal» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.