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exchequer

Exchequer is a 9 letter word which starts with the letter E and ends with the letter R for which we found 3 definitions.

Definition
(n.) One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth which covers or formerly covered the table.
(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.
(v. t.) To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.

Syllable Information

The word exchequer is a 9 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for exchequer is: ex-cheq-uer


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