exchequer
exchequer Lexical Profile
exchequer Game Scores & Validity
• noun
British The royal or national treasury, specifically the government department in the United Kingdom and certain Commonwealth countries responsible for collecting revenue and managing public funds.
"The new tax policy is expected to bring billions of pounds in additional revenue to the exchequer."
The total monetary funds, financial resources, or pecuniary possessions of an organization or individual.
"The costly legal battle severely depleted the company's private exchequer."
• Rhymes for exchequer
Word Origin & Etymology
From Anglo-Norman eschequer and Old French eschequier ('chessboard'), ultimately from Medieval Latin scaccarium. The word came to mean 'treasury' because medieval English royal revenue accounts were calculated by moving counters across a checkered cloth resembling a chessboard.