EXCHEQUER Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

exchequer

noun

ˈeks-ˌche-kər

Definition of exchequer

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 At the same time sweeping farm loan waivers have been criticized for impairing credit discipline, draining the public exchequer, and discouraging lending. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026 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 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

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Noun

Edge rushers Darris Smith and Daeden Hopkins didn’t record a sack but were active in their rush and affected the quarterback’s pocket.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
That does mean taking on the risk of paying for a major repair out of pocket.

— Brian Sloan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of pocket

Noun

The Scarlet Knights spent the offseason pouring resources into a defense Schiano insisted would be much better.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
L3Harris is therefore putting significant resources into expanding its manufacturing base.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of resources

Noun

The shift injects yet another element of volatility into the work of the federal division in charge of administering billions of dollars in taxpayer funds to states and schools to help students with disabilities.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
In 2011, after a near-decade of advocacy on the part of first responders, President Barack Obama signed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, which established the WTC Health Program and reopened the compensation fund.

— Lila Dominus, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

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