exchequer
/ikschekk r/ • noun 1 a royal or national treasury. 2 (Exchequer) Brit. the account at the Bank of England into which tax receipts and other public monies are paid. — ORIGIN Old French eschequier, from Latin scaccarium ‘chessboard’; modern senses derive from the chequered tablecloth on which accounts were kept by means of counters.
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