"exchequer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/, /ɪksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exchequer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: exchequers [plural]
enPR: ĕks-chĕk'-ər Etymology: From Middle English escheker, from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”); from Medieval Latin scaccarium. This is because the cloth on which the exchequer counted money was chequered like a chessboard. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|escheker}} Middle English escheker, {{der|en|xno|escheker||chessboard}} Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”), {{der|en|ML.|scaccarium}} Medieval Latin scaccarium Head templates: {{en-noun}} exchequer (plural exchequers)
  1. A treasury.
    Sense id: en-exchequer-en-noun-1~MjPO6V
  2. An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose. Translations (fund for specific purpose): kassa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-exchequer-en-noun-UHF~ZjTS Disambiguation of 'fund for specific purpose': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exchecker [obsolete] Derived forms: Exchequer (english: The UK government treasury department), exchequer bill

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɛksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/, /ɪksˈt͡ʃɛ.kɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exchequer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: exchequers [present, singular, third-person], exchequering [participle, present], exchequered [participle, past], exchequered [past]
enPR: ĕks-chĕk'-ər Etymology: From Middle English escheker, from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”); from Medieval Latin scaccarium. This is because the cloth on which the exchequer counted money was chequered like a chessboard. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|escheker}} Middle English escheker, {{der|en|xno|escheker||chessboard}} Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”), {{der|en|ML.|scaccarium}} Medieval Latin scaccarium Head templates: {{en-verb}} exchequer (third-person singular simple present exchequers, present participle exchequering, simple past and past participle exchequered)
  1. (transitive) To proceed against (a person) in the Court of Exchequer. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-exchequer-en-verb-0jDcxwZn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 9 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exchecker [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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