Fiat Definition

fēət, -ăt, -ät, fīăt, -ət
noun
An order issued by legal authority, traditionally beginning with the word fiat (“let it be done”); decree.
Webster's New World
A sanction; authorization.
Webster's New World
Any arbitrary order.
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abbreviation

(derogatory, slang, automotive) Fix it again Tony, a derogatory slang phrase for Fiat, a backronym.

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pronoun

An automobile manufactured by the Italian firm Fiat S.p.A..

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Other Word Forms of Fiat

Noun

Singular:
fiat
Plural:
fiats

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.

  • God is to him an absolute despot, who declares a thing right or wrong from no inherent necessity but by his arbitrary fiat.

  • For a nation cannot simply be created by bureaucratic fiat.

  • As a liberal, I fear that some of our rights could thus be curtailed by ministerial fiat.

  • Factional reserve lending can be abolished by legislative fiat.

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Words Starting With

FFIFIA

Words Ending With

TATIAT

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Words Starting With F and Ending With T

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With F4 Letter Words Ending With T