exchequer

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

  • enPR: ěksʹ.chě'.k@`, IPA: /ˈɛksˌʧɛ.kɚ/

[edit] Noun

exchequer (plural exchequers)

  1. a treasury
  2. an available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose
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