Chancellor of the Exchequer
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈtʃænsələr əv ði ˈɛkʃɛkər/
- UK
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Canciller del Tesoro
- The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a new budget plan to stimulate economic growth.
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
Examples
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer oversees the national treasury and manages public spending.
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John Major Thatcher's Chancellor of the Exchequer believed that joining the ERM would be good for both Thatcher and the British economy.
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We want to hear what the Chancellor of the Exchequer is actually seeing.
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Harold Macmillan, who, as the British chancellor of the exchequer, presided over the last humiliating stages of the crisis, would later recall that it was "the last gasp of a declining power."
Academic text (2011) -
During the economic crisis, the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed several measures to support struggling businesses.
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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7.7
A cabinet minister who manages the government's money and taxes
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3.7
A government person who manages a country's money, taxes, and spending
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4.1
The head of the United States department that manages national money and financial policy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Chancellor + of + the + exchequer
Knowing 'Chancellor' (a cabinet minister) and 'exchequer' (the government body that manages public revenue) allows a learner to compose the meaning as the minister responsible for the treasury/finances. The 'X of Y' title structure is compositional and cross‑linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would understand this MWE.
Etymology
Chancellor of the Exchequer comes from long ago when officials used a checkered table like a chessboard to count money, and the person who looked after that table was the Chancellor of the Exchequer. So today the name means the government minister who is 'in charge of the country's money'.