单词 | chancellor of the exchequer |
释义 | > as lemmasChancellor of the Exchequer c. More fully Chancellor of the Exchequer. The head of the Treasury; (originally) the under-treasurer of the Exchequer, responsible for its seal, and deputy for the Lord Chancellor (see sense 2a) in that department; (later) the government minister responsible for finance in the United Kingdom, who prepares the annual budgets.Originally an administrative role, the office of chancellor became increasingly political following resolutions made by the House of Commons in 1706 and 1713 which placed the Treasury under the control of Parliament. The subsequent growth of public expenditure and taxation, and the increased economic responsibilities assumed by the government, have greatly increased the significance of the office, which is now one of the most senior in the government.From 1690 to 1827, this office was held by the First Lord of the Treasury, or (when the First Lord was a member of the House of Lords) by the Second Lord of the Treasury, who was a member of the House of Commons; it is now held concurrently with that of Second Lord of the Treasury. [Compare post-classical Latin cancellarius de scaccario, cancellarius in scaccario, cancellarius scaccarii (from 13th cent. in British sources), Anglo-Norman chanceller del escheqer, chanceler de eschequier (13th cent.).] ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government minister > [noun] > minister in British government > of specific department Chancellor of the Exchequerc1330 Lords (Commissioners) of the Treasury1642 foreign secretary1734 Home Secretary1784 war-minister1790 oil minister1960 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 6792 To Berwik cam þe kynge eschekere, Sir Hugh of..Cressyngham, he was chancelere; Walter of Admundesham, he was tresorere. 1534 Act 26 Henry VIII c. 3 §12 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 496 The Treasorer Chauncelor Chamberlayn & Barons of the Kynges Eschequer. 1672 R. Wild Poetica Licentia in Let. Declar. Liberty Conscience 35 May the wise Chanc'lour of th' Exchequer be A greater Treasure than the Treasury. 1713 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 12 Mar. (1948) II. 637 The Chancellr of the Exchequr sent the Authr of the Examiner 20 Guinneas. 1789 W. Combe Anderson's Hist. Origin Commerce (rev. ed.) IV. 684 The following financial statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is..a complete, fair, and satisfactory view of the state of our national resources and expenditure at this time. 1838 Patriot 8 Nov. 7/1 Were you aware of the plan proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last year, by which a book value was to be put upon the property? 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. 275 In the same reign [i.e. that of Henry III] was created the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, to whom the Exchequer seal was entrusted, and who with the Treasurer took part in the equitable jurisdiction of the Exchequer, although not in the common law jurisdiction of the barons. 1964 S. Brittan Treasury under Tories ii. 53 The Cabinet's Economic Policy Committee.., over which the Chancellor presides, is mainly a trouble-shooting body. 1991 Economist 23 Nov. 36/1 Norman Lamont, the chancellor of the exchequer, promised that he would ‘do whatever is necessary’ to keep the pound inside the ERM. 2015 Courier (Dundee) 13 July (Perth & Perthshire ed.) 31/1 The Chancellor seems to have found a cunning way round his ‘tax lock’ manifesto promise not to raise the main tax rates. Chancellor of the Exchequer b. Chancellor of the Exchequer: an officer originally appointed in the reign of Henry III. as assistant to the treasurer; now the responsible finance minister of the United Kingdom: see chancellor n. 2c. < as lemmas |
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