exchequer
noun
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Definition of exchequer
3 often capitalized
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Synonyms for exchequer
Synonyms
bankroll, coffers, finances, fund, pocket, resources, wherewithal
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Under the programme, state exchequers are taking on three-fourths of the utilities’ debt. — Kuwar Singh, Quartz India, "Can smart meters re-energise India’s crumbling power distribution companies?," 18 June 2019 Very often such firms are loss-making and a burden to the exchequer. — The Economist, "Big Tech’s nemesisIs Margrethe Vestager championing consumers or her political career?," 14 Sep. 2017 In the decades leading up to his time as prime minister, he had been appointed the president of Board of Trade, colonial secretary, first lord of the Admiralty, minister of munitions, war, and air, and chancellor of the exchequer. — Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian, "Go Behind the Glass of Churchill’s Underground War Rooms," 22 Aug. 2017 Gigot: George Osbourne was the chancellor of the exchequer under David Cameron. — WSJ, "James Comey’s Strange Testimony," 12 June 2017 Northern Ireland gets 10 billion pounds a year from the U.K. exchequer, and that needs to continue. — Ed O’loughlin, The Seattle Times, "U.K. election: How a forgotten Northern Ireland party became ‘kingmaker’," 10 June 2017 The Northern Irish exchequer ended up paying out around half a billion pounds to those who knew about the scheme, leading to a scandal known as 'cash for ash', and a major investigation into whether DUP staff and supporters personally benefitted. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "A Climate Change-Denying, Anti-Abortion Party Rose to Power in Britain's General Election," 9 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'exchequer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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exchequer
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Legal Definition of exchequer
— called also Court of the Exchequer
Note: The Exchequer was created in England by the Norman kings. In addition to being divided into a court of common law and a court of equity, at one point the Exchequer also had jurisdiction over all actions, except those involving real property, between two subjects of the Crown. In 1841, the Exchequer's equity jurisdiction, except over revenue cases, was transferred to the Court of Chancery, and in 1881 the Exchequer was merged into the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice.
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