exchequer
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See also: Exchequer
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- exchecker (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English escheker, 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[edit]
- IPA(key): /ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/, /ɪksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/, enPR: ĕks-chĕk'-ər, iks-chĕk'-ər
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun[edit]
exchequer (plural exchequers)
Derived terms[edit]
- Exchequer (The UK government treasury department)
- exchequer bill
Translations[edit]
treasury — see treasury
Verb[edit]
exchequer (third-person singular simple present exchequers, present participle exchequering, simple past and past participle exchequered)
- (transitive) To proceed against (a person) in the Court of Exchequer.
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