commissary vs fiscal

commissary

noun
  • The judge in a commissary court. 

  • One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. 

  • A cafeteria at a movie studio. 

  • A store primarily serving persons in an institution, most often soldiers or prisoners. 

  • An officer of the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. 

  • A higher-ranking police officer. 

  • An account which a prisoner uses to buy provisions, or the balance of that account. 

  • An officer who supplies provisions to an army. 

fiscal

noun
  • Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor. 

  • In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general. 

  • Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius. 

  • A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue. 

adj
  • Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue. 

  • Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial. 

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