Fiat meaning

fēət, -ăt, -ät, fīăt, -ət
The definition of a fiat is an order or decree, or any arbitrary order.

An example of a fiat is a legally binding decree that is issued by a king.

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An arbitrary order or decree.
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Authorization or sanction.

Government fiat.

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An order issued by legal authority, traditionally beginning with the word fiat (“let it be done”); decree.
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A sanction; authorization.
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Any arbitrary order.
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(derogatory, slang, automotive) Fix it again Tony, a derogatory slang phrase for Fiat, a backronym.
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An automobile manufactured by the Italian firm Fiat S.p.A..
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Origin of fiat

  • Medieval Latin from Latin let it be done third person sing. present subjunctive of fierī to become, to be done bheuə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Italian abbreviation: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (“Italian Automobile Factory of Turin”)

    From Wiktionary

Fiat Sentence Examples

  • Subsequently very important reforms were introduced, not by the vote of an assembly, but by the fiat of the autocratic power.

  • It consists generally of a fiat, upright leaf standing on stems.

  • It lies in a fiat, sandy plain, 110 ft.

  • The sons of Zadok, the priests-of the royal chapel, were the king's servants as absolutely as any other great officers of state; they owed their place to the fiat of King Solomon, and the royal will was supreme in all matters of cultus (2 Kings xii., xvi.

  • - As for the second and third consuls, their functions were almost entirely consultative and formal, their opposition being recorded, but having no further significance against the fiat of the First Consul.

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