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exchequers

exchequers is the plural of exchequer.

exchequers is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Questions about exchequers

What is exchequers the plural of?
Exchequers is the plural of exchequer.

Words near exchequers in the dictionary

  1. exchequer bill
  2. exchequer bills
  3. Exchequer of the Jews
  4. exchequered
  5. exchequering
  6. exchequers
  7. exchequership
  8. Exciban
  9. excide
  10. excided
  11. excides

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