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exchequer.

An office of revenue taxation; a treasury.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ//ɪksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/

  1. An office of revenue taxation; a treasury.

  2. An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tek- Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati Proto-Iranian *xšáyati Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ) Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ) Classical Persian شاه (šāh)bor. Arabic شَاه (šāh)bor. Latin scaccus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium Medieval Latin scaccarium Anglo-Norman eschekerbor. Middle English escheker English exchequer 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.

verb/ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ//ɪksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/

  1. To proceed against (a person) in the Court of Exchequer.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tek- Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati Proto-Iranian *xšáyati Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ) Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ) Classical Persian شاه (šāh)bor. Arabic شَاه (šāh)bor. Latin scaccus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium Medieval Latin scaccarium Anglo-Norman eschekerbor. Middle English escheker English exchequer 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.

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