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• Fiat X1/9 — CriticismThe X1/9 was not properly developed for production, and a reputation for problems dogged the model throughout its remarkably long life. The confined space of the engine compartment meant that routine maintenance was often skipped, and it …   Wikipedia

• Fiat 7002 — NOTOC Infobox Aircraft name=Model 7002 caption= type=General purpose helicopter manufacturer=Fiat designer= first flight=1961 introduced= retired= status= primary user= more users= produced= number built=1 variants with their own articles=The… …   Wikipedia

• fiat — noun Etymology: Latin, let it be done, 3d singular present subjunctive of fieri to become, be done more at be Date: circa 1631 1. a command or act of will that creates something without or as if without further effort 2. an authoritative… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Fiat (policy debate) — Fiat (Latin for let it be done ) is a theoretical construct in policy debate derived from the word should in the resolution whereby the desirability rather than the probability of enactment and enforcement of a given plan is debated, allowing an… …   Wikipedia

• Government fiat — is a process whereby a decision is made and enforced by the government without the participation of other political elements. See also* Fiat money * Military fiat …   Wikipedia

• Fiat (disambiguation) — Fiat is an Italian automobile manufacturer. * Fiat Aviazione, the former aircraft manufacturing division of Fiat.Other meaningsFiat may also mean: * Fiat currency, money issued by government fiat * Fiat (policy debate), a theoretical construct in …   Wikipedia

• Fiat — Fi at, n. [L., let it be done, 3d pers. sing., subj. pres., fr. fieri, used as pass. of facere to make. Cf. {Be}.] 1. An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree. [1913 Webster] His fiat laid the corner stone. Willis.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fiat money — Fiat Fi at, n. [L., let it be done, 3d pers. sing., subj. pres., fr. fieri, used as pass. of facere to make. Cf. {Be}.] 1. An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree. [1913 Webster] His fiat laid the corner stone.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fiat currency — fiat money or fiat currency noun (esp US) Money (paper or coin) made legal tender and assigned a value by government decree, with a commodity value lower than its face value, not convertible into other specie of equivalent value, and generally… …   Useful english dictionary

• Fiat currency — The terms fiat currency and fiat money relate to types of currency or money whose usefulness results, not from any intrinsic value or guarantee that it can be converted into gold or another currency, but instead from a government s order (fiat)… …   Wikipedia

• Fiat money — Yuan dynasty banknotes were the earliest fiat money. Fiat money is money that has value only because of government regulation or law. The term derives from the Latin fiat, meaning let it be done , as such money is established by government decree …   Wikipedia