exchequer

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English

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/, /ɪksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/, enPR: ĕks-chĕk'-ər, iks-chĕk'-ər
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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exchequer (plural exchequers)

  1. An office of revenue taxation; a treasury.
  2. An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose.

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Verb

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exchequer (third-person singular simple present exchequers, present participle exchequering, simple past and past participle exchequered)

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