Meaning of Exchequer

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Exchequer

1. 1
   n.

   One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table.

2. 2
   n.

   The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low.

3. 3
   v. t.

   To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.

4. 4
   n.

   One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table.

5. 5
   n.

   The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low.

6. 6
   v. t.

   To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.