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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. 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
  • In short, American leagues are set up like actual businesses, where everyone can make some money, while those over here are a collection of Wild Wests where only those with the deepest pockets can compete.
    Matt Slater, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • While searching Wallen, an officer pulled out a pocket knife from his front picket.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Redd offered encouragement and resources, including money for a hotel room.
    Essence, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Originally launched as Write-minded in 2018, this is a weekly writing podcast that focuses on memoir and personal writing, as well as industry trends and tips and resources for writers and authors.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Republican bill did crack down on that practice but California − which has put new restrictions and payments on its Medi-Cal plan for undocumented immigrants − maintains that effort is paid for out of state funds, not federal money (because it's prohibited).
    Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • There’s also a large amount of funds earmarked for the three-year mark.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025

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