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Exchequer
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Exchequer
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1. (often capital) government
(in Britain and certain other countries) the accounting department of the Treasury, responsible for receiving and issuing funds
2. informal
personal funds; finances
noun
Court of Exchequer
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Exchequer
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1. [E-]
a.
under the Norman kings of England, an administrative and judicial state department in charge of revenue
so called from a table marked into squares, on which accounts of revenue were kept
with countersb.
later, the British Court of Exchequer, which had jurisdiction over all cases relating to government revenue, now merged in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice
c. [often E-]
the British state department in charge of the national revenue
2.
the funds in the British treasury
3.
a treasury, as of a country or organization
4.
money in one's possession; funds; finances
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Exchequer
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1. Exchequer The British governmental department charged with the collection and management of the national revenue.
2. Exchequer In Great Britain, the Court of Exchequer.
3. A treasury, as of a nation or organization.
4. Financial resources; funds.
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