Definitions of exchequer [ˈɛks tʃɛk ər, ɪksˈtʃɛk ər]

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Definition of 'exchequer'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) exchequer
a treasury, as of a state or nation.

2.  exchequer
(in Great Britain)

3.  exchequer
(often cap.) the governmental department in charge of the public revenues.

4.  exchequer
(formerly) an office administering the royal revenues and determining all cases affecting them.

5.  exchequer
(cap.) an ancient common-law court trying cases affecting crown revenues: now merged with King's Bench.

6.  exchequer
Informal. financial resources; funds.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME escheker, eschequier < OF eschequier chessboard, counting table. See checker¹)

Definition of 'exchequer'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) treasury, exchequer
the funds of a government or institution or individual

Definition of 'exchequer'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) exchequer
one of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table

2. (noun) exchequer
the department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low

3. (verb) exchequer
to institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer

Translation of 'exchequer'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the government department in charge of the nation's finances.
Afrikaans: staatskas	Arabic: وزارةُ الماليَّه في إنْجِ	Bulgarian: Министерство на финансите
Brazilian: Ministério das Finanças	Czech: ministerstvo financí	German: das Finanzamt
Danish: finansministerium	Greek: υπουργείο οικονομικών	Spanish: Hacienda
Estonian: rahandusministeerium	Farsi: وزارت دارایی	Finnish: valtiovarainministeriö
French: ministère des Finances	Hebrew: הָאוֹצָר	Hindi: अर्थविभाग
Croatian: ministarstvo financija	Hungarian: pénzügyminisztérium	Indonesian: bendahara
Icelandic: fjármálaráðuneyti	Italian: Ministero delle Finanze	Japanese: 大蔵省
Korean: 재무부	Lithuanian: finansų ministerija	Latvian: finansu ministrija
Malay: menteri kewangan	Dutch: ministerie van financia a	Norwegian: finansdepartement
Polish: ministerstwo skarbu	Persian: وزارت دارایی	Pashto: د مالیه وزارت
Portuguese: Ministério das Finanças	Romanian: Ministerul de Finanţe	Russian: казначейство
Slovak: ministerstvo financií	Slovenian: finančno ministrstvo	Serbian: Ministarstvo finansija
Swedish: finansdepartement	Thai: กระทรวงการคลัง	Turkish: maliye
Taiwanese: 財政部	Ukrainian: міністерство фінансів	Urdu: شاہی یا قومی خزانہ
Vietnamese: Bộ Tài chính	Chinese: 财政部
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