fiat
To make happenTo make (something) happen.
» The current college works by presidential fiat.
Нынешний колледж работает по указу президента. — odexed
sacredceltic · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To make (something) happen.
(transitive)To issue a fiat.
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Examples
10 sentencesThe current college works by presidential fiat.
ruНынешний колледж работает по указу президента. — odexed
It's a fiat currency.
Are there any cryptocurrencies that aren't fiat, meaning that are backed by a physical resource?
It's a misnomer to refer to non-crypto-currency as "fiat," since cryptocurrency is also fiat.
Bitcoin is fiat by definition, since it cannot be exchanged for a fixed amount of any physical resource.
Origin
From Latin fīat (“let it be done”).From Latin fīat (“let it be done”).
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Forms
fiats, fiating, fiated, fiatedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle