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exchecker

exchecker is the obsolete spelling of exchequer.

Meaning of exchequer

Noun

exchequer (plural exchequers)

  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, The Bravo of London

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Forms of exchecker

pluralexcheckers

Questions about exchecker

What is exchecker the obsolete spelling of?
Exchecker is the obsolete spelling of exchequer.

Words near exchecker in the dictionary

  1. Exchangites
  2. excheat
  3. excheator
  4. excheators
  5. excheats
  6. exchecker
  7. excheckers
  8. exchequer
  9. exchequer bill
  10. exchequer bills
  11. Exchequer of the Jews

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