Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exchequer

/ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.15 in modern English

Syllables: ex-che-quer
IPA: /ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/

30

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An office of revenue taxation; a treasury.

noun

An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose.

verb

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

Transitive verb

name

The government department that collects and manages revenue.

British usage

Example Sentences

""A couple, eh, my girl?" he replied, fishing deeply into both his trouser pockets. "You don't mean tanners by any chance? Well, that's the state of the exchequer." Two sixpences and a few coppers were the result of his investigation."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tek- Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati Proto-Iranian *xšáyati Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ) Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ) Classical Persian شاه (šāh)bor. Arabic شَاه (šāh)bor. Latin scaccus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium Medieval Latin scaccarium Anglo-Norman eschekerbor. Middle English escheker English exchequer 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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: escheker, scaccarium

Usage

Transitive verb
British usage

Inflected Forms

exchequers (plural) exchecker (alternative, obsolete) exchequers (present, singular) exchequering (participle, present) exchequered (participle, past) exchequered (past)

Derived Forms

Exchequer exchequership

Phrases

exchequer bill Chancellor of the Exchequer

Synonyms

Treasury

Questions

How do you pronounce exchequer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/.
What does exchequer mean?: An office of revenue taxation; a treasury.
Where does exchequer come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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