exchequer
noun /ɪksˈtʃekə(r)/
/ɪksˈtʃekər/
[singular]- (often the Exchequer)(in the UK in the past) the government department that controlled public money. This department is now called the Treasury.
（英国）财政部 - the public or national supply of money
公共财源；国库；金库 - This resulted in a considerable loss to the exchequer.
这使国库遭受了重大损失。
- This resulted in a considerable loss to the exchequer.
词源Middle English: from Old French eschequier, from medieval Latin scaccarium ‘chessboard’, from scaccus, via Arabic from Persian šāh ‘king’. The original sense was ‘chessboard’. Current senses derive from the Norman department of state dealing with the royal revenues, named Exchequer from the chequered tablecloth on which accounts were kept using counters. The spelling was influenced by Latin ex- ‘out’.