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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 28, 2026 is:
fiscal \FISS-kul\ adjective
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — fiscal. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
It's Merriam Webster's Word of the Day for March 28th. Early birds always rise to the occasion for summer vacation planning because early gets you closer to the action. So don't be late. Book your next vacation early on Verbo and save over $120. Rise and shine! Ever savings $141 select homes only. Today's word is Fiscal, spelled F-I-S-C-A-L. Fiscal is an adjective. It's used to describe things relating to money and especially to the money a government business or organization earns, spends, and owes. Here's the word used in a sentence from the Daily News of Batavia, New York. The town of Java has received exemplary audits from the State Controller's Office while continuing to streamline government and demonstrate fiscal responsibility. The word fiscal comes from the Latin noun Fiskus, meaning basket or treasury.
In ancient Rome, Fiskus 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. Fiskus also gave us the English word confiscate, which is most familiar as a verb, meaning to seize by or as if by authority, but can additionally refer to the forfeiting of private property for public use. Today, we often encounter Fiscal in Fiscal Year, a 12-month accounting period, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year. With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sakalowski. Visit MarianWebster.com today for definitions, wordplay, and trending word lookups.
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