receiver-general

English

Etymology

From receiver + general, after Anglo-Norman receivur general.

Noun

receiver-general (plural receivers-general)

1. An officer who receives the public revenue; a treasurer. [from 15th c.]
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     This nobleman communicated the circumstances of the case to the minister, and in a day or two our candidate found credit with the receiver-general of the county, who lent him twelve hundred pounds on his personal note, payable on demand.