Definition of "fiscal"

fiscal¹

/ˈfɪskəl/

adjective
comparative more fiscal, superlative most fiscal
1. Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
2. (proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
noun
plural fiscals
1. A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
  Quotations
  ‘There I was interrogated by the Fiscal, who was making out a proces verbal […] .’
  1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 149
2. (Britain, Scotland, law) Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
3. (law) In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.
4. (Philippines, colloquial) A prosecutor.

fiscal²

/ˈfɪskəl/

noun
plural fiscals
1. Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius.