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exchequer

ex.che.quer \'eks-.chek-*r, iks-'\ n [ME escheker, fr. AF, fr. OF 
   eschequier chessboard, counting table] cap  1: a department or office of 
   state in medieval England charged with the col lection and management of 
   the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes cap  2: 
   a former superior court having jurisdiction in England and Wales primari ly 
   over revenue matters and now forming a division of the Court of King's 
   Bench often cap  3a: the department or office of state in Great Britain and 
   Northern Ireland  charged with the receipt and care of the national revenue 
   3b: the national banking account of this realm  4: TREASURY; esp : a 
   national or royal treasury  5: pecuniary resources : FUNDS