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Exchequer

//ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The government department that collects and manages revenue. British
Noun
  1. 1
    An office of revenue taxation; a treasury.
  2. 2
    the funds of a government or institution or individual wordnet
  3. 3
    An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose.
Verb
  1. 1
    To proceed against (a person) in the Court of Exchequer. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

Proprialization of exchequer.

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