exchequer

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

exchequer (plural exchequers)

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