exchequer
See also: Exchequer
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”); from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin scaccarium. This is because the cloth on which the exchequer counted money was chequered like a chessboard.
Pronunciation
Noun
exchequer (plural exchequers)
Derived terms
- Exchequer (The UK government treasury department)
Translations
treasury — see treasury
fund for specific purpose
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Verb
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.