fiscal

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 18, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>fiscal</strong> &#149; \FISS-kul\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><strong>1 :</strong> of or relating to taxation, public revenues, or public debt</p> <p><strong>2 :</strong> of or relating to financial matters</p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"Last year proved enormously successful for many of the largest names in US finance, as volatility and then unprecedented <em>fiscal</em> and monetary support in the engine room of global finance kept bankers and traders busier than at any time since the financial crisis." — <a href="https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2021/02/08/are-uk-banks-recovery-prospects-looking-up/">Alex Newman, <em>Investors' Chronicle</em>, 8 Feb. 2021</a></p> <p>"Stocks head into the week ahead with a tailwind, as investors focus on a hefty <em>fiscal</em> stimulus package and the solid earnings season against a backdrop of rising interest rates." — <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/05/fiscal-stimulus-prospects-and-strong-earnings-tailwind-may-propel-stocks-in-the-week-ahead.html">Patti Domm, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2021</a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Fiscal</em> derives from the Latin noun <em>fiscus</em>, meaning "basket" or "treasury." In ancient Rome, <em>fiscus</em> was the term for the treasury controlled by the emperor, where the money was literally stored in baskets and was collected primarily in the form of revenue from the provinces. <em>Fiscus</em> also gave English <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confiscate">confiscate</a></em>, which is most familiar as a verb meaning "to seize by or as if by authority," but it can additionally refer to the forfeiting of private property to public use. Today, we often encounter <em>fiscal</em> in "<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary