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exchequer¹

  • /ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/
  • /ɪksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/

Where it comes from

From Middle English escheker, from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”), from Medieval Latin scaccarium. This is because the cloth on which the treasurer counted money was chequered like a chessboard.

noun exchequers · exchecker

  1. An office of revenue taxation; a treasury.
  2. An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose. "A couple, eh, my girl?" he replied, fishing deeply into both his trouser pockets. "You don't mean tanners by any chance? Well, that's the state of the exchequer." Two sixpences and a few coppers were the result of his investigation.

verb exchequers · exchequering · exchequered · exchecker

  1. transitive To proceed against (a person) in the Court of Exchequer.

Exchequer²

Where it comes from

Proprialization of exchequer.

proper noun

  1. UK The government department that collects and manages revenue.

    Similar: Treasury

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: treasury, treasurer, financial, finances, budget, finance, economy, economic, treasure, stage, crf, purse, fisc, board, hacienda, pot

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@misc{exchequer_2026,
  title = {exchequer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/exchequer},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}