exchequer

plural exchequers · alternative obsolete exchecker

1. An office of revenue taxation; a treasury.
2. An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose.

   "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.

   1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London

present singular third person exchequers · participle present exchequering · participle past exchequered · past exchequered · alternative obsolete exchecker

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

1. UKThe government department that collects and manages revenue.

   Synonyms: Treasury