Synonyms for exchequer
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : eks-chek-er, iks-chek-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛks tʃɛk ər, ɪksˈtʃɛk ər |
Top 10 synonyms for exchequer Other synonyms for the word exchequer
- archive
- bin
- bureau
- bursar
- bursary
- cabinet
- cache
- carton
- case
- cashier
- casket
- chamberlain
- chest
- chiffonier
- coffer
- coffers
- commode
- comptroller
- countinghouse
- crate
- credit union
- curator
- damper
- depository
- exchange
- exchequer
- financier
- Fort Knox
- funds
- gallery
- hoard
- investment firm
- means
- museum
- present
- purser
- pyxis
- quaestor
- receptacle
- register
- reliquary
- repository
- reserve
- reservoir
- resources
- safe
- savings
- stake
- stockpile
- storage
- storehouse
- strongbox
- thrift
- treasure chest
- treasure house
- treasure room
- treasury
- trust company
- vault
- war chest
- wealth
- wherewithal
Définition 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
- 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 200,000â„“.
- Extract from : « The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) » by Charles C. F. Greville
Antonyms for exchequer
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