| 单词 | exchequer |
| 释义 | exchequer n. 1. Brit. the former government department in charge of national revenue. Usage Its functions now belong to the Treasury, although the name formally survives, esp. in the title Chancellor of the Exchequer. 2. a royal or national treasury. 3. the money of a private individual or group. Etymology: ME f. AF escheker, OF eschequier f. med.L scaccarium chessboard (its orig. sense, with ref. to keeping accounts on a chequered cloth) |
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