Exchequer

Pronunciation

• enPR: Ä›ksʹ.chÄ›'.k@`, IPA: /ˈɛksËŒt͡ʃɛ.kÉš/

Origin

From Anglo-Norman escheker ("chessboard"); from Medieval Latin scaccarium. This is because the cloth on which the exchequer counted money resembled a chessboard.

Full definition of exchequer

Noun

1. a treasury
2. an available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose