Fiat
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fiat¹
- /ˈfaɪæt/
- /ˈfiːæt/
- /ˈfiːət/
- /ˈfiːɑːt/
Rhymes with -aɪæt
Where it comes from
From Latin fīat (“let it be done”).
noun fiats
- An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree. A royal fiat.
- Authorization, permission or (official) sanction. A government fiat.
- A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
- An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.
- (Pertaining to) fiat currency. But let us trace a little more particularly the differences between the "fiat" dollar and the greenback. The greenback, in common with every bank note any of you have ever seen, contains a promise to pay dollars.
verb fiats · fiating · fiated
- To make (something) happen.
- To issue a fiat. For quotations using this term, see Citations:fiat.
Fiat²
Where it comes from
From the Italian abbreviation: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (“Italian Automobile Factory of Turin”).
noun Fiats · FIAT
- An automobile manufactured by the Italian firm Fiat S.p.A. 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.
FIAT³
Where it comes from
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”)
proper noun
- Initialism of fix it again Tony.fix it again Tony
FIAT⁴
Where it comes from
From Italian FIAT, from Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino
noun FIATs
- Alternative form of Fiat.Fiat
