exchequer

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 ĕks-chĕk'-ər

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
动词 v.
  1. To proceed against (a person) in the Court of Exchequer. transitive

词形变化

exchequers plural exchecker alternative,obsolete exchequers present,singular,third-person exchequering participle,present exchequered participle,past exchequered past exchecker alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
Exchequer exchequer bill exchequership

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tek-
Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati
Proto-Iranian *xšáyati
Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ)
Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ)
Classical Persian شاه (šāh)bor.
Arabic شَاه (šāh)bor.
Medieval Latin scaccus
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Medieval Latin -ārius
Medieval Latin -ārium
Medieval Latin scaccarium
Anglo-Norman eschekerbor.
Middle English escheker
English exchequer
From Middle English escheker, from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”), from Medieval Latin scaccarium. This is because the cloth on which the treasurer counted money was chequered like a chessboard.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tek-
Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati
Proto-Iranian *xšáyati
Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ)
Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ)
Classical Persian شاه (šāh)bor.
Arabic شَاه (šāh)bor.
Medieval Latin scaccus
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Medieval Latin -ārius
Medieval Latin -ārium
Medieval Latin scaccarium
Anglo-Norman eschekerbor.
Middle English escheker
English exchequer
From Middle English escheker, from Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”), from Medieval Latin scaccarium. This is because the cloth on which the treasurer counted money was chequered like a chessboard.
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