fisc

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Such short-sighted and cold-hearted management of the public fisc is the very sad and hard reality of GOP dominion over our politics, and it is going to harm Arizona families and the Arizona economy both immediately and over the long term.

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  1. noun The treasury of a kingdom or state.

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  • Even if it were true, I don't think conservatives should favor the propping up, by money from the public fisc, of enterprises that can't survive within the law. —  The Corner
  • Scott Ott appeared with various conservative luminaries on a discussion panel about Finding Common Ground between social-fisc ... —  ProLifeBlogs
  • Plus tôt dans la journée, Obama avait annoncé dans un communiqué que celui qu'il avait nommé secrétaire à la Santé lui avait demandé d'y renoncer à cause de ses ennuis avec le fisc. » —  Planète Béranger v3
  • Is printing your own fisc the solution achieving security in your old age? —  TreeHugger
  • But, without resolving the underlying issues --- right pricing and a leash on subsidy -- such temporising is fraught with peril to the fisc. —  Daily News & Analysis
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  1. French, from Latin fiscus, money basket, treasury.

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  1. from French fisc = Provencal fisc, fisco = Spanish Portuguese Italian fisco, from Latin fiscus, a basket of rushes, a money-bag, the public chest, the state treasury.
 

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