Exchequer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The British governmental department charged with the collection and management of the national revenue.
  • n. In Great Britain, the Court of Exchequer.
  • n. A treasury, as of a nation or an organization.
  • n. Financial resources; funds.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a treasury
  • n. an available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table.
  • n. The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general.
  • v. To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. [capitalized] In England, an ancient court or tribunal, more fully designated the Court of Exchequer, in which all causes affecting the revenues of the crown were tried and decided.
  • n. [capitalized] In Scotland, a court of similar nature and history, abolished in 1857.
  • n. [capitalized] In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, that department of the government which has charge of all matters relating to the public revenue of the kingdom, the head of which is called the Chancellor of the Exchequer. See chancellor, 3 .
  • n. A state treasury: as, the war drained the exchequer.
  • n. Pecuniary resources; finances: as, my exchequer was getting low. [Colloq.]
  • To sue in the Court of Exchequer.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the funds of a government or institution or individual
    • Equivalent
    exchequer bonds   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    funds    cash in hand    pecuniary resource    finances    monetary resource   
    Hyponym
    subtreasury    public treasury    trough    fisc    bursary   
    Form
    exchequered    exchequering   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    treasury    coffer    treasurer    chancery   
     
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