Synonyms for FIAT
ˈfi ɑt, -æt; ˈfaɪ ət, -ætfi·at

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1. decree, edict, fiat, order, rescriptnoun

   a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

   "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"

   Synonyms:
   society, social club, rewrite, order of magnitude, revision, revise, rescript, edict, gild, club, parliamentary law, ordination, ordering, purchase order, parliamentary procedure, fiat, guild, rules of order, orderliness, order, lodge, decree, monastic order, revisal

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1. • Act
   • Law

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1. fiatnoun

   Synonyms:
   decree, order, ordinance, command

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1. fiatnoun

   Synonyms:
   order, decree, mandate, edict, command

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1. List of paraphrases for "fiat":

   fiata, edison

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1. Doug Rand:

   This is an end run around Congress to achieve through executive fiat what the administration cannot get through Congress.

2. Ramil Nasibulin:

   Any state has to consider the risk that if it holds dollars as a reserve currency for its central bank, that those assets or other fiat assets that are under the control of the West could be frozen, it frankly undermines our influence very directly.

3. Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne:

   I was a driver of German makes before I came to Fiat. I used to drive a BMW M5 when I was young and foolish ... With (the new) Alfa we are on par if not better.

4. England Governor Andrew:

   The whole question of people having assurance that their payments will be made in something with stable value ... ultimately links bank to what we call fiat currency, which has a link to the state.

5. Paul Ryan:

   While we don't yet know the details of the plan, the president is at minimum subverting the legislative branch, and potentially overturning its will, his proposals to restrict gun rights were debated by the United States Senate, and they were rejected. No president should be able to reverse legislative failure by executive fiat, not even incrementally.