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name
Initialism of fix it again Tony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: English, countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: English, countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
(Pertaining to) fiat currency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, countable, uncountable
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noun
An automobile manufactured by the Italian firm Fiat S.p.A.
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noun
Alternative form of Fiat.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
To make (something) happen.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To issue a fiat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: law
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noun
a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: decree, edict, order, rescript
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Broader terms: act, enactment
Narrower terms: consent decree, curfew, decree nisi, imperial decree, legal separation, judicial separation, programma, prohibition, ban, proscription, stay, bull, papal bull
History
Back-formation from Fiat as a backronym. From the tendency of Fiat automobiles to apocryphally be always in need of repair. From Italian FIAT, from Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino (“Italian Automobiles Factory of Turin”)
From Latin fīat (“let it be done”).
From the Italian abbreviation: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (“Italian Automobile Factory of Turin”).
From Italian FIAT, from Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino
Across languages
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
