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exchequer

Pronunciation: /ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/

The English word “exchequer” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An office of revenue taxation; a treasury.
  2. An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose.

verb

  1. To proceed against (a person) in the Court of Exchequer.

Etymology

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

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