exchequer

== English == === Alternative forms === exchecker (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English escheker, from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”); from Medieval Latin scaccarium. This is because the cloth on which the treasurer counted money was chequered like a chessboard. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/, /ɪksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/, enPR: ĕks-chĕk'-ər, iks-chĕk'-ər === Noun === exchequer (plural exchequers) An office of revenue taxation; a treasury. An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === exchequer (third-person singular simple present exchequers, present participle exchequering, simple past and past participle exchequered) (transitive) To proceed against (a person) in the Court of Exchequer.