exchequer
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tʃɛk noun
1.
a treasury, as of a state or nation.
2.
a.
(often initial capital letter) the governmental department in charge of the public revenues.
b.
(formerly) an office administering the royal revenues and determining all cases affecting them.
c.
(initial capital letter) . Also called Court of Exchequer. an ancient common-law court of civil jurisdiction in which cases affecting the revenues of the crown were tried, now merged in the King's Bench Division of the High Court.
3.
Informal. one's financial resources; funds: I'd love to go, but the exchequer is a bit low.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English escheker, eschequier < Anglo-French escheker, eschekier (Old French eschequier) chessboard, counting table. See checker1
1250–1300; Middle English escheker, eschequier < Anglo-French escheker, eschekier (Old French eschequier) chessboard, counting table. See checker1
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exchequer (ɪksˈtʃɛkə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (often capital) government (in Britain and certain other countries) the accounting department of the Treasury, responsible for receiving and issuing funds |
| 2. | informal personal funds; finances |
| [C13 (in the sense: chessboard, counting table): from Old French eschequier, from eschec | |
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| Exchequer (ɪksˈtʃɛkə) | |
| —n | |
| See Court of Exchequer | |
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Word Origin & History
exchequer
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. escheker "a chessboard," from M.L. scaccarium (see check). Its government financial sense began under the Norman kings of England and refers to a cloth divided in squares that covered a table on which accounts of revenue were reckoned with counters.
Respelled with an -x- based on the mistaken belief that it was originally a L. ex- word.
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Example sentences
The lecture was cancelled when the chancellor of the exchequer decided that this was too much excitement for one day.
It extends also to everything regarding the management of the exchequer, and the expenses of public administration.
But the longer-run trend looks bad for the exchequer.
But tens of thousands of youngsters have been denied the chance because the exchequer cannot afford it.
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