Exchequer Definition

ĕkschĕkər, ĭks-chĕkər
noun
Under the Norman kings of England, an administrative and judicial state department in charge of revenue.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World
The British state department in charge of the national revenue.
Webster's New World
A treasury, as of a country or organization.
Webster's New World
The funds in the British treasury.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
exchequer
Plural:
exchequers

Origin of Exchequer

  • From Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”); from Medieval Latin scaccarium. This is because the cloth on which the exchequer counted money resembled a chessboard.

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration of Middle English escheker from Old French eschequier counting table, chessboard from eschec check check

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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