Antonyms for exchequer

Grammar : Noun

Spell : eks-chek-er, iks-chek-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛks tʃɛk ər, ɪksˈtʃɛk ər

Definition of exchequer

Origin : c.1300, from Anglo-French escheker "a chessboard," from Old French eschequier, from Medieval Latin scaccarium "chess board" (see check (n.1); also cf. checker (n.2)).
Government financial sense began under the Norman kings of England and refers to a cloth divided in squares that covered a table on which accounts of revenue were reckoned with counters, and which apparently reminded people of a chess board. Respelled with an -x- based on the mistaken belief that it originally was a Latin ex- word.

As in purse : noun award; winnings
As in bank : noun financial institution
As in treasury : noun place where money, valuables are kept
As in treasure house : noun store of valuables
As in treasurer : noun financial officer
As in chest : noun box for storage
As in coffer : noun large box

Example sentences :

But for this change of study he might not have become the greatest of Chancellors of the Exchequer.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

Near one, and I have an appointment with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

But his letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer seemed to be merely foolish.
Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham

Thereby the solvency of the German exchequer would be moderately insured.
Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

Talk of your Chancellors of the Exchequer and their problems!
Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome

His exchequer, as usual, was very low and the need for replenishing it was imperative.
Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice

The chair was occupied by an ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Childers.
Extract from : « Home Rule » by Harold Spender

Five weeks without work had completely exhausted his exchequer.
Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice

It was by their suggestion that the king shut up the Exchequer.
Extract from : « A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon » by John Lord, A.M.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer told me that he had been informed 200,000ℓ.
Extract from : « The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) » by Charles C. F. Greville

Synonyms for exchequer

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