exchequer

See also: Exchequer

English

Etymology

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

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)

Translations
treasury — see treasury

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.
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