exchequer

See also: Exchequer

English

Alternative forms

• exchecker (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/, /ɪksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/, enPR: ĕks-chĕk'-ər, iks-chĕk'-ər

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

exchequer (plural exchequers)

1. A treasury.
2. An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose.

Derived terms

• Exchequer (The UK government treasury department)
• exchequer bill

Translations

treasury — see treasury

fund for specific purpose

• Finnish: kassa (fi)

Verb

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.