Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The British governmental department charged with the collection and management of the national revenue.
- noun In Great Britain, the Court of Exchequer.
- noun A treasury, as of a nation or organization.
- noun Financial resources; funds.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [capitalized] In England, an ancient court or tribunal, more fully designated the Court of Exchequer, in which all causes affecting the revenues of the crown were tried and decided.
- noun [capitalized] In Scotland, a court of similar nature and history, abolished in 1857.
- noun [capitalized] In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, that department of the government which has charge of all matters relating to the public revenue of the kingdom, the head of which is called the Chancellor of the Exchequer. See
chancellor , 3 . - noun A state treasury: as, the war drained the exchequer.
- noun Pecuniary resources; finances: as, my exchequer was getting low. [Colloq.]
- To sue in the Court of Exchequer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.
- noun engraving One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table.
- noun The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general.
- noun See under
Baron . - noun See under
Chancellor . - noun (Eng.) bills of money, or promissory bills, issued from the exchequer by authority of Parliament; a species of paper currency emitted under the authority of the government, and bearing interest.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
treasury - noun an available
fund ofmoney , especially one for a specific purpose
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the funds of a government or institution or individual
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Ewuare, ruler of Benin exchequer, England exclusionism exclusion principle
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The chancellor of the exchequer, which is like the secretary of the treasury Gordon Brown, is a rival for power, and he's available as another possible prime minister.
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Mexicans, and a grand opera-house is in course of construction out of the national exchequer, which is designed to bear comparison with that of Paris.
Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Martin [Editor] Hume 1919
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His exchequer was the richer by all the gold and silver, whether in bullion or in vessels, discoverable in the treasury of Malta or in the
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) John Holland Rose 1898
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I have learned that the governors, your predecessors, have often interfered in the affairs pertaining to the administration of my exchequer, which is entrusted to its officials; and that, contrary to the orders given them, they have not allowed the said officials suitable freedom in the exercise of their offices.
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Umunna argued that the sum paid directly in corporation tax to the exchequer is the best reflection of a bank's contribution to the country.
The Guardian World News Jill Treanor 2011
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The want of a proper person for chancellor of the exchequer is another difficulty, though I think easily removable by clapping a tied wig on Ellis, Barrington, or any other block, and calling it George
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3 Horace Walpole 1757
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The young prince showed, among other virtues, a disposition to frugality, which, had he lived, would soon have retrieved these losses; but as his health was declining very fast, the present emptiness of the exchequer was a sensible obstacle to the execution of those projects which the ambition of Northumberland had founded on the prospect of
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary David Hume 1743
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I doubt Brown could have done much better with financial crisis (what he did during his decade-long tenure as chancellor of the exchequer is another question); economists, such as
FP Passport 2009
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An Account of the King BOM court of exchequer, which is like that of
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