fiat
noun/ˈfiːæt/, /ˈfiːət/
/ˈfiːɑːt/
[countable, uncountable] (formal)- an official order given by somebody in authority synonym decree
- Prices have been fixed by government fiat.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, ‘let it be done’, from fieri ‘be done or made’.
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