fiat

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fi=at

CIDE DICTIONARY

fiat, n. [L., let it be done, 3d pers. sing., subj. pres., fr. fieri, used as pass. of facere to make. Cf. Be.].

•  An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.  [1913 Webster]

  "His fiat laid the corner stone."  [1913 Webster]
•  A warrant of a judge for certain processes.  [1913 Webster]

Fiat money, irredeemable paper currency, not resting on a specie basis, but deriving its purchasing power from the declaratory fiat of the government issuing it.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fiat, n.
1 an authorization.
2 a decree or order.

Idiom

fiat money US inconvertible paper money made legal tender by a Government decree.

Etymology

L, = let it be done

THESAURUS

fiat

appointment, authority, authorization, brevet, bull, certification, clearance, countenance, declaration, decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum, dictum, diktat, edict, edictum, empowerment, enabling, endorsement, enfranchisement, entitlement, ipse dixit, law, ordinance, ordonnance, proclamation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, ratification, rescript, rule, ruling, sanction, senatus consult, senatus consultum, ukase, warrant, warranty

ROGET THESAURUS

fiat

Command

N command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm, bidding, dictum, hest, behest, call, beck, nod, despatch, dispatch, message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions, appointment, fixture, demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication, ultimatum, request, requirement, dictation, dictate, mandate, caveat, decree, senatus consultum, precept, prescript, rescript, writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti- sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation, word, word of command, mot d'ordre, bugle call, trumpet call, beat of drum, tattoo, order of the day, enactment, plebiscite, commanding, authoritative, decretory, decretive, decretal, callable, jussive, in a commanding tone, by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen, by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons, the decree is gone forth, sic volo sic jubeo, le Roi le veut, boutez en avant.