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EXCHEQUER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The funds of a government or institution or individual
Synonyms:
exchequer; treasury
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("exchequer" is a kind of...):
cash in hand; finances; funds; monetary resource; pecuniary resource (assets in the form of money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exchequer"):
public treasury; till; trough (a treasury for government funds)
bursary (the treasury of a public institution or religious order)
subtreasury (a subordinate treasury or place of deposit)
fisc (a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse)
