exchequer
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9.7
- noun
- /ɛkˈʃɛkər/
- UK
- If it were the exchequer that was short (I felt diffident about suggesting this), I could gather and sell wood in the nearby townships.
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Examples
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This will save the Exchequer almost half a billion pounds a year.
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You are seeing the last gasp of the world's exchequers scrambling to have the dough when every last euro still won't be able to buy you a loaf of bread.
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Your tastes could hardly be called frugal, and the exchequer is, in fact, empty.
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Benefits to the Exchequer SFLG dependents
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Benefits to the Exchequer
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What estimate has the government made of the cost to the Exchequer of this downgrade in terms of borrowing costs and of the risks to pension funds?
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It is therefore fair to say that German unemployment is in Greece and Spain and burdens the exchequer of each of these 'peripherals'.
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And so we treat, we treat former chancellor of the Exchequer's grandchildren the same as we treat African dictators or Russian oligarchs or Colombians who've got bigger.
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You are seeing the last gasp of the world's exchequers scrambling to have the dough when every last euro still won't be able to buy you a loaf of bread.
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The funding for the new healthcare initiative will greatly benefit the exchequer by reducing long-term costs.
Synonyms
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5.3
Money a government, group, or person has to spend
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4.1
Money that the government keeps and the office that holds and pays it
Compounds
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7.8
A senior government official who manages the country's money and taxes
How Big
- Formal
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4.1
- UK
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9.7
5
1.0
- Specialized
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4.1
- UK
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1.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Exchequer comes from an old Latin word scaccarium meaning 'chessboard', because officials used a checkered cloth like a chessboard to count coins and keep accounts. So, exchequer now often means the money or funds that a person or group has.