n. 1. Exchequer The British governmental department charged with the collection and management of the national revenue. 2. Exchequer In Great Britain, the Court of Exchequer. 3. A treasury, as of a nation or organization. 4. Financial resources; funds. [Alteration of Middle English escheker, from Old French eschequier, counting table, chessboard, from eschec, check; see CHECK.] |
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