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exchequer Definition


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exchequer
noun
    1. The government department in charge of the financial affairs of a nation.
      Form: Exchequer (often)
    2. informal
      One's personal finances or funds.
Etymology: 14c as eschekere: from French eschequier, from Latin scaccarium chessboard, from the practice of keeping accounts on a chequered cloth.



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