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plural of exchequer
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{n} the place for the king's money, En
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the government department that collects and manages revenue
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The Exchequer is the department in the British government which is responsible for receiving, issuing, and accounting for money belonging to the state. the British government department that is responsible for collecting taxes and paying out public money = treasury. English government department responsible for receiving and dispersing public revenue. It was established by Henry I in the 12th century, and its name refers to the checkered cloth on which the reckoning of revenues took place. Originally, the lower Exchequer was an office for the receipt and payment of money, while the upper Exchequer was a court sitting twice a year to regulate accounts. The English judicial system grew out of the upper Exchequer, and the lower Exchequer became the Treasury. "Exchequer" is still the unofficial name of the Treasury in Britain
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The treasurer of the local SCA group
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer
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[Eng
exchequer
a treasury
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SCA equivalent to a club treasurer
exchequer
an available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose
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To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer
exchequer
Derived from the checked cloth used in the Middle Ages by a lord's bailiffs to assist in counting rents and other fees from his tenants, the term refers to a treasury, and by extension to the person in charge of the treasury
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The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue
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{i} treasury of a state or country
exchequer
] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low
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the funds of a government or institution or individual
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treasurer for a group or kingdom
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One of the superior courts of law; so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table