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Exchequer
exchequer
The Exchequer is the department in the British government which is responsible for receiving, issuing, and accounting for money belonging to the state. N-PROPER: the N
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noun Etymology: Middle English escheker, from Anglo-French, chessboard, counting table, ~ — more at checker Date: 14th century 1. capitalized a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes 2. capitalized a former superior court having jurisdiction in England and Wales primarily over revenue matters and now merged with King's Bench 3. often capitalized a. the department or office of state in Great Britain and Northern Ireland charged with the receipt and care of the national revenue b. the national banking account of this realm 4. treasury; especially a national or royal treasury 5. pecuniary resources ; funds ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
сущ. фин. = treasury EXCHEQUER сущ. 1) казначейство 2) казна (государственная) • - Chancellor of the Exchequer - Exchequer account ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. казначейство; (государственная) казна 2. (обыкн. E.) министерство финансов (в Великобритании) Chancellor of the E. —- канцлер казначейства (министр финансов в Великобритании) exchequer bill —- казначейский вексель 3. ресурсы, финансы, карман my family exchequer —- бюджет моей семьи, мой семейный бюджет 4. (E.) ист. суд по делам казначейства, казны (также Court of E.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) казначейство - Chancellor of the Exchequer 2) казна 3) coll. ресурсы, финансы 4) attr. - exchequer bill EXCHEQUER bill казначейский вексель ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n the Exchequer the British government department that is responsible for collecting taxes and paying out public money; treasury (1) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 14c., from Anglo-Fr. escheker "a chessboard," from M.L. scaccarium (see check), its government financial sense refers to a cloth divided in squares that covered a table on which accounts of revenue were reckoned with counters. Respelled with an -x- based on the mistaken belief that it was originally a L. ex- word. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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