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fisc

UK/fɪsk/ US/ˈfɪsk/ uncommon

noun

1.

a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor''s private purse

Origin

Partly from Middle French fisc and partly from its etymon, Latin fiscus (“basket, money-bag, public treasury”); see fiscal.

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