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- noun UK the
government department thatcollects andmanages revenue
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Examples
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Post Office moneys, be paid from the Exchequer of the United Kingdom or of Ireland, as the case requires, to the other Exchequer_.
A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 Albert Venn Dicey 1878
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Exchequer of the United Kingdom to the Irish Exchequer_.
A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 Albert Venn Dicey 1878
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One thing one expects in a putative Chancellor of the Exchequer is that he should have good judgement.
Archive 2008-10-26 2008
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One thing one expects in a putative Chancellor of the Exchequer is that he should have good judgement.
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Gordon Brown's puppet Chancellor of the Exchequer is reported in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph to have "declared that the government will boost its spending in an attempt to help the economy weather the recession about to grip Britain."
Archive 2008-10-01 Not a sheep 2008
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He announces a national loan, on the French pattern, in Exchequer bills of the low figure of fifty dollars.
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(_a_) are payable to that Exchequer from the Irish Exchequer; or
A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 Albert Venn Dicey 1878
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The current English taxpayer’s subsidy to the Scottish Exchequer is some £20 billion per year and growing, which approximately equates to over £1,000 per English taxpayer.
Archive 2007-02-18 Newmania 2007
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The current English taxpayer’s subsidy to the Scottish Exchequer is some £20 billion per year and growing, which approximately equates to over £1,000 per English taxpayer.
England`s Future Decided in Scotland Newmania 2007
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And anyway, the spelling is off -- the estate is spelled "Chequers" (a corruption of "Exchequer" -- and FWIW, it wasn't Churchill's own estate, it's the country house of the PM of Britain, analogous to Camp David here).
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