Word
Exchequer
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
ex-cheq-uer
Definition
- n. - One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a
checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table.
- n. - 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.
- v. t. - To institute a process against (any one) in the Court
of Exchequer.
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