fiat

命令、布告

権力を持つ人が出し、他の人が従うことを求められる命令。

やさしい英語で： An order made by someone with power, which others are expected to obey.

• The king issued a fiat.
• The fees were increased by government fiat.
• An executive fiat ended the debate without a vote.

使い方： by fiat (The ruler changed the law by fiat.)

類義語： decree, order, command

よく使う表現： by fiat, royal fiat, government fiat

不換紙幣、法定通貨

金などの裏付けではなく、政府の承認によって価値を持つお金。

やさしい英語で： Money whose value comes from government acceptance rather than a link to gold or another valuable material.

• You can pay in fiat.
• She converted her cryptocurrency into fiat.
• Unlike gold-backed money, fiat depends on trust in the issuing government.

類義語： fiat currency, fiat money

よく使う表現： convert to fiat, pay in fiat, fiat currency

許可、認可

何かを行ったり実現させたりするための正式な許可。

やさしい英語で： Official permission for something to happen.

• The project received the minister's fiat.
• Work could begin once the government granted its fiat.
• They sought an official fiat for the proposed scheme.

類義語： authorization, permission, approval

反対語： prohibition

よく使う表現： government fiat, ministerial fiat, receive a fiat

裁判所命令

特定の法的手続きを認める、裁判官の書面による命令。

やさしい英語で： A judge's written order allowing a particular legal step to be taken.

• The judge signed the fiat.
• A judicial fiat allowed the proceedings to begin.
• The clerk waited for the court's fiat before taking the next step.

類義語： warrant, court order

よく使う表現： judicial fiat, judge's fiat, issue a fiat

実現させる、生み出す

何かを実現させること。特に架空の状況で、そうなると決めて実現させる。

やさしい英語で： To make something happen, especially by simply deciding that it will happen in an imagined situation.

• The author fiats a peaceful ending.
• In this debate, we fiat that the policy takes effect.
• The game designer fiated a bridge into existence.

使い方： fiat something into existence (The storyteller fiats a new world into existence.)

類義語： bring about, cause

よく使う表現： fiat something into existence, fiat an outcome

命じる、布告する

権力や権限を使って正式な命令を出すこと。

やさしい英語で： To give an official order using your power or authority.

• The king fiated a new tax.
• The council fiated that all shops close early.
• Officials cannot simply fiat changes without legal authority.

使い方： fiat that… (The ruler fiated that the gates remain closed.)

類義語： decree, order, command

よく使う表現： fiat that something, fiat a change