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name
The government department that collects and manages revenue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Synonyms: Treasury
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Broader terms: exchequer, finance ministry, ministry of finance, treasury department, treasury
noun
An office of revenue taxation; a treasury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To proceed against (a person) in the Court of Exchequer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
the funds of a government or institution or individual
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: treasury
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
Narrower terms: public treasury, trough, till, bursary, subtreasury, fisc
History
Proprialization of exchequer.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tek- Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati Proto-Iranian *xšáyati Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ) Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ) Classical Persian شاه (šāh)bor. Arabic شَاه (šāh)bor. Latin scaccus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin -ārium Medieval Latin scaccarium Anglo-Norman eschekerbor. Middle English escheker English exchequer From Middle English escheker, from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”), from Medieval Latin scaccarium. This is because the cloth on which the treasurer counted money was chequered like a chessboard.
Across languages
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