exchequer

ex·cheq·uer  (kschkr, ks-chkr)

n.

1. Exchequer The British governmental department charged with the collection and management of the national revenue.

2. Exchequer In Great Britain, the Court of Exchequer.

3. A treasury, as of a nation or an organization.

4. Financial resources; funds.

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[Alteration of Middle English escheker, from Old French eschequier, counting table, chessboard, from eschec, check; see check.]

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Exchequer

Noun

Government (in Britain and certain other countries) the accounting department of the Treasury [Old French eschequier counting table]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

exchequer - the funds of a government or institution or individual treasury cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource - assets in the form of money public treasury, till, trough - a treasury for government funds bursary - the treasury of a public institution or religious order subtreasury - a subordinate treasury or place of deposit fisc - a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse

Translations

exchequer [ɪksˈtʃɛkəʳ] n the exchequer (BRIT) → Hacienda

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exchequer [ɪksˈtʃɛkəʳ] n (Brit) → Échiquier m, ministère m des Finances

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Exchequer [ɪksˈtʃɛkəʳ] (Brit) n the Exchequer → das Finanzministerium

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Exchequer [ɪksˈtʃekəʳ] n the Exchequer (BRIT) → lo Scacchiere, il ministero delle Finanze

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exchequer

n exchequer [iksˈtʃekə]

1 the government department in charge of the nation's finances. staatskas وزارةُ الماليَّه في إنْجِلْترا Министерство на финансите ministerstvo financí finansministerium das Finanzamt υπουργείο οικονομικών Hacienda rahandusministeerium وزارت دارایی valtiokonttori ministère des Finances הָאוֹצָר अर्थविभाग ministarstvo financija pénzügyminisztérium bendahara fjármálaráðuneyti Ministero delle Finanze 大蔵省 재무부 finansų ministerija finansu ministrija menteri kewangan ministerie van financia an finansdepartement ministerstwo skarbu Ministério das Finanças Ministerul de Finanţe казначейство ministerstvo financií finančno ministrstvo Ministarstvo finansija finansdepartement สำนักงานรับและเก็บรายได้ของแผ่นดิน maliye 財政部 міністерство фінансів شاہی یا قومی خزانہ Bộ Tài chính 财政部

2 the national or public money supply. landskas, tesourie الخِزانَه ، بَيْت المال хазна státní poklad Statskassen die Staatskasse θησαυροφυλάκιο Tesoro público riigikassa موجودی؛ اعتبارات valtionkassa Trésor public כְּסָפִים राजकोष državna riznica (állam)kincstár bendahara negara ríkissjóður tesoro 国庫 국고 iždas valsts kase bendahara negara staatskas pengebeholdningen, statskasse skarb państwa tesouro público Tre­zo­reria statului казна štátny poklad državna blagajna budžet statskassa กรมคลัง hazine 國庫 державна скарбниця; казна قومی یا عوامی مال کا مرکز kho bạc 国库