Chancellor
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈtʃænsələr/
- UK
:
ministro de Hacienda
- The Chancellor presented the new budget proposal to parliament for approval.
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Chancellor's office
If you were the chancellor, how would you manage the budget of our government differently?
- If you were the chancellor, how would you manage the budget of our government differently?
- And I would like to remind you that Race Reeves, the supposedly moderate and responsible chancellor, has a favorite guru in the world of economists.
- 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.
Examples
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The chancellor's focus has been on domestic issues and European integration.
Academic text (2001) -
If you were the chancellor, how would you manage the budget of our government differently?
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And let me ask the Chancellor about another missed target.
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But the Chancellor has just gone up to call the King now.
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Have a seat, please, Chancellor.
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Speaker, it is clear the Chancellor's plan is not working.
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Inside 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister is having a meeting with the Chancellor.
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In the afternoon, the chancellor of the exchequer produced a tax cut... smaller than expected... to complement the newspaper stories about the opposition's spending plans.
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Chancellor Matthew Goldstein and Executive Vice Chancellor Louise Mirrer have created what we call an honors program.
Academic text (2001) -
Chancellor of the Exchequer Gashon sat with Teovin, the Director of the Secret Police, and several other ministers.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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4.2
A government official who manages a country's money, taxes and spending
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4.1
A senior government official who manages a country's money and economy
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3.7
A government person who manages a country's money, taxes, and spending
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5.3
A government official who leads a department that manages a nation's money and financial policy
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7.8
A senior government official who manages the country's money and taxes
Compounds
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8.6
A senior government official in the United Kingdom who leads the courts and presides in the House of Lords
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7.8
A senior government official who manages the country's money and taxes
A senior government officer in the United Kingdom who leads the courts and chairs the House of Lords
- Literature
A name for Otto von Bismarck, the German leader who united Germany in the 1800s
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Chancellor comes from an old Latin word cancellus meaning 'lattice' or 'screen', because early officials sat behind a screen to keep records. You can see the same root in the everyday word cancel. So, a Chancellor became the important keeper of papers and money, which fits the modern UK finance minister.