exchequer

Etymology

From Middle English escheker, from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”); from Medieval Latin scaccarium. This is because the cloth on which the exchequer counted money was chequered like a chessboard.

noun

  1. A treasury.
  2. An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose.

verb

  1. (transitive) To proceed against (a person) in the Court of Exchequer.

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