exchequer

See also: Exchequer

English

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/, /ɪksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/, enPR: ĕks-chĕk'-ər, iks-chĕk'-ər

Noun

exchequer (plural exchequers)

A treasury.
An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose.

Derived terms

Exchequer (The UK government treasury department)

Translations

treasury — see treasury

fund for specific purpose

Finnish: kassa (fi)

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.