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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An arbitrary order or decree.
  2. n. Authorization or sanction: government fiat.

Wiktionary

  1. n. An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
  2. n. English law A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
  3. n. English law An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
  4. v. transitive To make (something) happen.

Etymologies

  1. Latin fīat ("let it be done"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Medieval Latin, from Latin, let it be done, third person sing. present subjunctive of fierī, to become, to be done; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “The term "fiat currency" pops up frequently in various places this refers to money that is directly benchmarked to the average number of times Italian cars break down in a week.”

    Forbes.com: News

  • “I used the term fiat lending to differentiate from on-lending.”

    LPUK Policy: Monetary Reform

  • “The term fiat money is used to mean: any money declared by a government to be legal tender; state-issued money which is neither legally convertible to any other thing, nor fixed in value in terms of any objective standard; money without intrinsic value.”

    Mangan's

  • “Where fiat money is used as currency, the term fiat currency is used.”

    Mangan's

  • “Gold has no intrinsic value as a consumption good or a producer good, it is an example of what I call a fiat (physical) commodity ...”

    Garrett Johnson: Golden Myths

  • “Never mind that the world has independent legal systems peculiar to each nation or that within the USA the jurisdiction of Judge Jones 'fiat is limited.”

    2009 July - Telic Thoughts

  • “Another thing: when we do have human (or alien) villains: no one, other than by authorial fiat, is a villain in their own story.”

    MIND MELD: Bad Guys We Love to Hate: The Best Film Villains in SF/F/H (with Various Videos of Villainy)

  • “President Obama was elected fairly (not by fiat from the SCOTUS) and is trying to actually DO something positive.”

    On Obama's agenda next week: Golf

  • “If you, like me, have no clue what the word fiat really means, you could argue that having gold behind a currency is also a form of fiat, that gold should be worth its value as a commodity rather than seen as a great and perpetual store of value.”

    The Huffington Post: Bill Baker: Fiat Currency Fever: The Causes

  • “The flaws in fiat money was the major contribution to this crisis.”

    Hey Judy Shelton: Enough already with the Gold Standard

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. enactment
  1. act

hyponyms (13)

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  1. ban
  2. stay
  1. papal bull
  2. proscription
  1. bull
  2. judicial separation
  1. curfew
  2. programma
  1. decree nisi
  2. legal separation
  1. consent decree
  2. imperial decree
  1. prohibition

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Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. gravior
  2. faciam
  3. maiorem
  4. spazio
  5. dicam
  1. visum
  2. faciat
  3. iniuria
  4. mandate
  5. edict
  1. nullum
  2. dixit
  3. foret
  4. ramenta
  5. queat
  1. plura
  2. percipi
  3. oriente
  4. gro
  5. justitia
  1. Lloyd
  2. apertis
  3. nocturna
  4. breuis
  5. occidit
  1. semet

reverse dictionary (37)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. fiat money
  2. fiaunt
  3. fiant
  4. dollar bill
  5. wheel-urchin
  6. graphic arts
  7. sodding-mallet
  1. soutache
  2. drag-washer
  3. Coxey
  4. fiat
  5. fiduciary
  6. prostrate
  7. prostration
  1. reed
  2. ricochet
  3. bed
  4. cancellate
  5. creationism
  6. decree
  7. Fiat
  1. ground
  2. heater
  3. key
  4. onosma
  5. platypoda
  6. scale
  7. squail
  1. fracto-cumulus
  2. logger
  3. operation
  4. pottery
  5. stenocephalic
  6. tie-plate
  7. trigonocephalic
  1. wall-vase
  2. web

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  1. v 3 pres sub active 3 s
  1. fio fieri
  1. may it be made or done
  1. capitonym

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  • mrossi07 The Fiat Group is the largest industrial enterprise in Italy and one of the founders of the European motor industry. Right from the outset, the company had a strong propensity for international expansion and innovation.

    Fiat is an automotive-focused industrial Group and designs and manufactures automobiles, trucks, wheel loaders, excavators, telehandlers, tractors and combine harvesters. Jul 6, 2009

  • artoparts Rx abbreviated (ft) make; let it be made. Feb 18, 2009

  • bilby Full text is here and the article appears to be about how an outgoing Postmaster General perceives the business might be come 2020.
    Dec 15, 2007

  • uselessness bilby, what's that article about? By the way, that's the third definition of fiat on this page, for those keeping score at home. Dec 15, 2007

  • sionnach I think that Fiats sold in the former Soviet Union were sold under the trade name Ukase. Dec 15, 2007

  • bilby "Postmaster General Marvin Runyon said, when exiting his position in 1998, that he believes that the monopoly will become increasingly irrelevant, 'not through legislative fiat, not through the power of PAC dollars. But through the natural forces of marketplace competition.'" - Wikipedia. Dec 14, 2007

  • uselessness Fair enough, kewpid. I don't know where you live, but my particular government tends to lean more towards slow, bureaucratic, and inept, and away from almighty. ;-) Dec 14, 2007

  • bilby Colourful bits of polymer ... I love it, just add a turn indicator you never use on the streets of Turin and it's a Fiat. I keep imagining Mister Bean driving this car and paying his parking fines with a ham-fistful of this currency. Dec 14, 2007

  • kewpid Paper money has value as a promissory note enforced with the ALMIGHTY POWER OF THE GOVERNMENT! So unless you're predicting a bloody revolution, I'm fairly content with my colourful bits of polymer :) Dec 14, 2007

  • skipvia It was worth more than unbacked money right up until you had to get it repaired. Then it was worse than worthless. Mechanics used to open the hood and laugh... Dec 13, 2007

  • bilby 500! Classic! And I don't even like cars :-( Dec 13, 2007

  • uselessness Well, yes. Likely it was worth more than unbacked money... ;-) Dec 13, 2007

  • skipvia I had a Fiat once. The engine was sideways... Dec 13, 2007

  • uselessness Money that has no inherent value, only perceived value held by those who exchange it. When people realize that all of their wealth is represented by worthless pieces of paper, their confidence in the currency collapses, and so does the currency itself. The alternative is commodity-backed currency, the most common of which is known as the gold standard. Nobel laureate Milton Friedman was a vocal critic of fiat money, along with other notable economists like Ludwig von Mises and Murray Rothbard. Dec 13, 2007

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