exchequer

Exchequer is defined as a royal or national treasury or is defined as the account into which tax funds and other public funds are deposited.

(noun)

The treasury of the English government is an example of an exchequer.

See exchequer in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. under the Norman kings of England, an administrative and judicial state department in charge of revenue: so called from a table marked into squares, on which accounts of revenue were kept with counters
2. later, the British Court of Exchequer, which had jurisdiction over all cases relating to government revenue, now merged in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice
3. the British state department in charge of the national revenue
the funds in the British treasury
a treasury, as of a country or organization
money in one's possession; funds; finances

Origin: ME escheker, lit., chessboard, court of revenue, treasury < OFr eschekier: see checker

See exchequer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Exchequer The British governmental department charged with the collection and management of the national revenue.
Exchequer In Great Britain, the Court of Exchequer.
A treasury, as of a nation or an organization.
Financial resources; funds.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration of Middle English escheker

Origin: , from Old French eschequier, counting table, chessboard

Origin: , from eschec, check; see check

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