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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

exchequer [ɪks'ʧεkɚ] [ɪks'ʧekə]
  1. 1. noun [History] 英国历史,[Exchequer](英国中世纪诺曼王时期的)财务署,税务署
  2. 2. noun [Exchequer]财政法院(现被并入英国高等法院的王座庭)
  3. 3. noun [Exchequer](英国)财政部
  4. 4. noun 英国国库中的资金
  5. 5. noun 国库;(国家组织的)金库
  6. 6. noun 个人的资金资财财源
  7. 7. noun 财政部英国政府收集管理国家收入部门

Collins English-English Dictionary

exchequer [ɪks'tʃεkə]
  1. 1. n [often capital] [government] (in Britain and certain other countries) the accounting department of the Treasury, responsible for receiving and issuing funds
  2. 2. n [Spoken] personal funds; finances
  3. 3. n [Etymology] C13 (in the sense: chessboard, counting table): from Old French eschequier, from eschec check

Examples

The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the government's new tax policies.
英国财政大臣宣读了政府新的税收政策。

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