fiat
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Is fiat a Scrabble word?
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- Wordle No
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.Englishcountableuncountable
2. (English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.Englishcountableuncountable
3. (attributive) (Pertaining to) fiat currency.Examples: "But let us trace a little more particularly the differences between the "fiat" dollar and the greenback. The greenback, in common with every bank note any of you have ever seen, contains a promise to pay dollars."; "But, say these men who claim for our Congress creative power, we will pass a law making these 'fiat' dollars legal tender for all debts, public and private."; "The gold dollar is as much a fiat dollar as the silver dollar or a paper dollar, for none of them are money without this fiat [of the government, that it is legal tender]."attributivecountableuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive, used in academic debate and role-playing games) To make (something) happen.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary