ɪksˈtʃekə n. 1
Brit.
the former
government department in
charge of
national revenue. °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. [ME f. AF escheker, OF eschequier f. med.L scaccarium
chessboard (its orig.
sense,
with ref. to
keeping accounts on a chequered cloth)]