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Webster 1913 Edition
Fiat
Fi′at
,Noun.
[L., let it be done, 3d pers. sing., subj. pres., fr.
fieri
, used as pass. of facere
to make. Cf. Be
.] 1.
An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
His
fiat
laid the corner stone. Willis.
2.
(Eng. Law)
(a)
A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
(b)
An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor’s signature.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fiat
FI'AT.
[L. from fio.] Let it be done; a decree; a command to do something.Definition 2025
Fiat
Fiat
English
Proper noun
Fiat
- An automobile manufactured by the Italian firm Fiat S.p.A..
- 1997 Jill Nagle: Whores and Other Feminists (page 160)
- Even as a young feminist who was very angry at men, a real ballbuster, I had a boyfriend who drove a Fiat, I was always fashionable, even though it was hippie gear.
- 2003 -- Mary-Rose MacColl: Killing Superman (page 108)
- We'd watched Marion pile her three kids and their stuff into an old Fiat 124 I was sure Dad must have picked for her; she didn't look like a Fiat driver at heart.
- 2005 -- Chris Bonner: Reducing Stress-related Behaviours in People with Dementia Care-based Therapy (page 13)
- You are jet-lagged, have a headache, can't stand driving a Fiat, it's turned dark and you cannot see or read the road signs.
- 1997 Jill Nagle: Whores and Other Feminists (page 160)
Derived terms
- (slang): FIAT
- (derogatory): fix it again Tony
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fiat
English
Noun
fiat (plural fiats)
- An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
- 1788, Alexander Hamilton, Federalist no. 73
- The reflection that the fate of a fellow-creature depended on his sole fiat, would naturally inspire scrupulousness and caution; [...]
- 1788, Alexander Hamilton, Federalist no. 73
- (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
- (English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
Translations
An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree
Derived terms
Verb
fiat (third-person singular simple present fiats, present participle fiating, simple past and past participle fiated)
- (transitive, used in academic debate and role-playing games) To make (something) happen.
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:fiat.
References
- fiat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913