as in pocket
available money
their son would make beseeching requests for more money whenever his personal exchequer was getting low
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Recent Examples of exchequer
President Vladimir Putin had pledged not to raise taxes before 2030, but spiraling military and security expenditure — and reduced income from oil thanks to sanctions and Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries — have hit Moscow’s exchequer.
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semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
This would strengthen the economy by both saving the exchequer a whole lot of expense on imports and generating employment opportunities within India.
—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 17 Jan. 2023
And the chance of the exchequer, our treasury secretary was here recently talking to Secretary Yellen.
—CBS News, 11 Sep. 2022
Those medieval monarchs laid waste to England through civil war; the modern English had done the right thing in the world wars, but their exchequer was empty, their cities were in rubble, and the empire, with the loss of India in 1947, was over.
—Dominic Green, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
In October, every household will get 200 pounds ($260) off their bills to cushion the impact of rising gas prices, at a cost of around 6 billion pounds to the exchequer.
—Philip Aldrick, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022
The likely loss to the exchequer of between €2 billion to €2.4 billion is equivalent to a fifth of the State’s annual corporate tax revenue.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 9 June 2021
Some 64m meals were consumed at 84,000 venues over the first nine days, at a cost of £336m to the exchequer.
—The Economist, 31 Aug. 2020
semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
This would strengthen the economy by both saving the exchequer a whole lot of expense on imports and generating employment opportunities within India.
—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 17 Jan. 2023
And the chance of the exchequer, our treasury secretary was here recently talking to Secretary Yellen.
—CBS News, 11 Sep. 2022
Those medieval monarchs laid waste to England through civil war; the modern English had done the right thing in the world wars, but their exchequer was empty, their cities were in rubble, and the empire, with the loss of India in 1947, was over.
—Dominic Green, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
In October, every household will get 200 pounds ($260) off their bills to cushion the impact of rising gas prices, at a cost of around 6 billion pounds to the exchequer.
—Philip Aldrick, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022
The likely loss to the exchequer of between €2 billion to €2.4 billion is equivalent to a fifth of the State’s annual corporate tax revenue.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 9 June 2021
Some 64m meals were consumed at 84,000 venues over the first nine days, at a cost of £336m to the exchequer.
—The Economist, 31 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exchequer
Noun
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The nylon-spandex pants are boot cut with a subtle side pocket.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Oct. 2025
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Leave a few pockets of bare earth here and there for ground-nesting native bees.—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Nurse navigators also identify potential barriers to care, such as language differences, financial limitations, or lack of access to resources.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
27 Oct. 2025
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The wide on-ramp into the data means that everyone from researchers, journalists, and policymakers to healthcare providers, community leaders, and families on the frontlines of the crisis can all make informed decisions about where limited resources might be best directed.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Their philanthropy touches all 12 of the university’s schools and colleges, as well as the university’s libraries, student affairs, athletics and various funds across campus.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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The federal government allocated funds for SNAP and WIC's October operations in September.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Exchequer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exchequer. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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