fiat

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree. countable,uncountable
    — A royal fiat.
  2. Authorization, permission or (official) sanction. countable,uncountable
    — A government fiat.
  3. A warrant of a judge for certain processes. English,countable,uncountable
  4. An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature. English,countable,uncountable
  5. (Pertaining to) fiat currency. attributive,countable,uncountable
    — 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.
动词 v.
  1. To make (something) happen. transitive
  2. To issue a fiat. transitive
    — For quotations using this term, see Citations:fiat.

词形变化

fiats plural fiats present,singular,third-person fiating participle,present fiated participle,past fiated past

词汇关系

衍生词
fiat currency fiat lux fiat money fiatsplain

词源

词源 1
From Latin fīat (“let it be done”).
词源 2
From Latin fīat (“let it be done”).
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