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Word: Exchequer
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French eschequier, from medieval Latin scaccarium ‘chessboard’, from scaccus (see check). The original sense was ‘chessboard’. Current senses derive from the Norman department of state dealing with the royal revenues, named Exchequer from the chequered tablecloth on which accounts were kept by means of counters. The spelling was influenced by Latin ex- ‘out’ (see ex). Compare with chequer
ɪksˈtʃɛkə
ɛksˈtʃɛkə
a royal or national treasury
Short Definition:royal or national treasury
Examples:- an important source of revenue to the sultan's exchequer
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