exchequer

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ex·che·quer | \ ˈeks-ˌche-kər

, iks-ˈche-

Definition of exchequer

1 capitalized : a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes

2 capitalized : a former superior court having jurisdiction in England and Wales primarily over revenue matters and now merged with King's Bench

3 often capitalized

a : the department or office of state in Great Britain and Northern Ireland charged with the receipt and care of the national revenue

b : the national banking account of this realm

4 : treasury especially : a national or royal treasury

5 : pecuniary resources : funds

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their son would make beseeching requests for more money whenever his personal exchequer was getting low

Recent Examples on the Web Some 64m meals were consumed at 84,000 venues over the first nine days, at a cost of £336m to the exchequer. — The Economist, "As “Eat out to help out” ends, Britain's eateries remain at risk," 31 Aug. 2020 The Resolution Foundation’s Torsten Bell estimates Hunt’s plan would cost the exchequer in the region of 13 billion pounds ($16.6 billion), while Johnson’s would cost about 10 billion pounds. — Washington Post, "Boris Johnson’s and Jeremy Hunt’s Low-Tax Doomsday Plan," 20 Sep. 2019 The company plans to ship £2.5bn-worth of polyhalite a year at full production and send an annual £470m to the exchequer. — The Economist, "Sirius Minerals, Britain’s first deep mine in decades, is in a hole," 17 Oct. 2019 Why can’t Modi’s all-pervasive goods and services tax pull some of it back for the exchequer to ease the financial constraints on infrastructure? — Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg, Washington Post, "Keep Your Eye on the Road, India Investor," 10 Sep. 2019 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

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exchequer

noun

ex·che·quer | \ ˈeks-ˌche-kər, iks-ˈche-

Legal Definition of exchequer

1 capitalized : a royal office in medieval England at first responsible for the collection and management of the royal revenue and later for the adjudication of revenue cases

2 capitalized : a former superior court having law and equity jurisdiction in England and Wales over primarily revenue cases and now merged with the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice

— 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.

3 often capitalized : the office in Great Britain and Northern Ireland responsible for the collection and care of the national revenue