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# fiscal

adjective (formal)

«fiscal» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) Fiscal means about government money: taxes and public spending. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiscal/#m1)
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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiscal/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiscal/#x1)
- The company reports its profits at the end of each fiscal year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiscal/#x2)
- Fiscal rules limit how much a country can borrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiscal/#x3)
- The report looked at fiscal spending on schools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiscal/#x4)
- A fiscal deficit means spending more than you collect. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiscal/#x5)
- The mayor gave a fiscal update to the council. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiscal/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fiscal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiscal/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fiscal» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fiscal.html) on Mova free.