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Exchequer

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++Ex·cheq·uer /ɪksˈtʃekə $ ˈekstʃekər/ noun  the Exchequer PEthe British government department that is responsible for collecting taxes and paying out public money 英国财政部 SYN treasury
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ExchequerBut Chancery and Exchequer records provide corroboration.He had his own exchequer at Marlborough for this purpose, and accounted at the Westminster Exchequer for transactions there.But the Exchequer Levy increased by £2million to £8.9million.When he was Chancellor of the Exchequer he started the orginal debt initiatives.None the less the king did summon the officers of the Exchequer to join him in Oxford.The main purpose of the Exchequer was to prevent the Crown from being defrauded by its own officials.It has been estimated that a tax on books and periodicals might add as much as £250m to the Exchequer.
From Longman Business DictionaryExchequerEx‧cheq‧uer /ɪksˈtʃekəˈekstʃekər/ written abbreviation Exch nounFINANCE the Exchequer the British government department responsible for collecting taxes and paying out public moneyThis year, the Exchequer received some £22 billion from motoring taxation. see also Chancellor of the Exchequer
Ex·cheq·uer nounChineseSyllable
for Corpus is the British taxes Business department collecting responsible government that


Exchequer
Exchequer /ɪksˈtʃekə $ ˈekstʃekər/ noun
the Exchequer the British government department that is responsible for collecting taxes and paying out public money
   SYN  treasury


ex·chequerBrE /ɪksˈtʃekə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ɪksˈtʃekər/ 🔊 noun [singular] (often the Exchequer) (in Britain) the government department that controls public money (英国)财政部 SYN treasury   see also Chancellor of the Exchequer 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。🔊🔊