fiat

See also: Fiat, FIAT, and fiât

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fīat (“let it be done”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaɪæt/ or IPA^(key): /ˈfi.æt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

fiat (plural fiats)

1. An arbitrary or 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; [...]

   A royal fiat.

   A presidential fiat.

2. Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.

   A government fiat.

   To rule by fiat.

3. (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
4. (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

• Bulgarian: указ (bg) m (ukaz), декрет (bg) m (dekret)
• German: Anordnung (de) f, Befehl (de) m, Erlass (de) m, Vorschrift (de) f, Fiat n
• Hungarian: rendelet (hu), parancs (hu), utasítás (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Kurdish: ,
• Portuguese: decreto (pt) m
• Swedish: dekret (sv) n, påbud (sv) c

Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.

• German: Ermächtigung (de) f, Erlaubnis (de) f, Genehmigung (de) f, Zustimmung (de) f, Billigung (de) f
• Kurdish: , ,
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: sanção (pt) m

Derived terms

• fiat money
• fiat currency

Verb

fiat (third-person singular simple present fiats, present participle fiating, simple past and past participle fiated)

1. (transitive, used in academic debate and role-playing games) To make (something) happen.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:fiat.

References

• “fiat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “fiat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• fita

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [fiˈat]
• Rhymes: -at

Verb

fiat (feminine fia, masculine plural fiats, feminine plural fies)

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Latin

Verbum "FꟾAT", cum longā Ī et ligātūrā ab Ā ac T.

Verb

(deprecated template usage) fīat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of fīō
2. third-person singular present passive subjunctive of faciō