as in pocket
available money
their son would make beseeching requests for more money whenever his personal exchequer was getting low
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Recent Examples of exchequer
This would strengthen the economy by both saving the exchequer a whole lot of expense on imports and generating employment opportunities within India.
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Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 17 Jan. 2023
And the chance of the exchequer, our treasury secretary was here recently talking to Secretary Yellen.
—CBS News, 11 Sep. 2022
Those medieval monarchs laid waste to England through civil war; the modern English had done the right thing in the world wars, but their exchequer was empty, their cities were in rubble, and the empire, with the loss of India in 1947, was over.
—Dominic Green, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
In May, when the government decided to cut the excise duty on petrol by Rs8 and on diesel by Rs6 per litre to reduce inflationary pressures, experts had estimated the cost to the exchequer would increase by Rs85,000 crore in the ongoing fiscal.
—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 4 July 2022
In October, every household will get 200 pounds ($260) off their bills to cushion the impact of rising gas prices, at a cost of around 6 billion pounds to the exchequer.
—Philip Aldrick, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022
The likely loss to the exchequer of between €2 billion to €2.4 billion is equivalent to a fifth of the State’s annual corporate tax revenue.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 9 June 2021
Some 64m meals were consumed at 84,000 venues over the first nine days, at a cost of £336m to the exchequer.
—The Economist, 31 Aug. 2020
The Resolution Foundation’s Torsten Bell estimates Hunt’s plan would cost the exchequer in the region of 13 billion pounds ($16.6 billion), while Johnson’s would cost about 10 billion pounds.
—Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 17 Jan. 2023
And the chance of the exchequer, our treasury secretary was here recently talking to Secretary Yellen.
—CBS News, 11 Sep. 2022
Those medieval monarchs laid waste to England through civil war; the modern English had done the right thing in the world wars, but their exchequer was empty, their cities were in rubble, and the empire, with the loss of India in 1947, was over.
—Dominic Green, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
In May, when the government decided to cut the excise duty on petrol by Rs8 and on diesel by Rs6 per litre to reduce inflationary pressures, experts had estimated the cost to the exchequer would increase by Rs85,000 crore in the ongoing fiscal.
—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 4 July 2022
In October, every household will get 200 pounds ($260) off their bills to cushion the impact of rising gas prices, at a cost of around 6 billion pounds to the exchequer.
—Philip Aldrick, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022
The likely loss to the exchequer of between €2 billion to €2.4 billion is equivalent to a fifth of the State’s annual corporate tax revenue.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 9 June 2021
Some 64m meals were consumed at 84,000 venues over the first nine days, at a cost of £336m to the exchequer.
—The Economist, 31 Aug. 2020
The Resolution Foundation’s Torsten Bell estimates Hunt’s plan would cost the exchequer in the region of 13 billion pounds ($16.6 billion), while Johnson’s would cost about 10 billion pounds.
—Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exchequer
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Accrington were not and are not a wealthy club, and Barry paid out of his own pocket to go on a series of courses, including one about the benefits of meditation.—
Simon Hughes,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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These are distinctions with meaningful differences: Smartphones are full-on computers in the pocket, tempting kids with nonstop streams of posts and videos and music and so much more, including instant access to AI bots that make cheating that much easier.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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One recent project developed navigation solutions for the West Bank, while another focused on connecting trauma survivors with healing resources.—
Hessie Jones,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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These rival entities, designed to drain their counterparts of resources and influence, would serve as platforms for grandstanding rather than substantive cooperation.—
Allison Carnegie,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Dec. 2024
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The payout is four times the maximum amount available to those who submit claims via the state's settlement fund for abuse victims, though less than half the amount a jury awarded last May in another lawsuit, the first of its kind that went to trial.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2025
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The program, which was started by former President Franklin D. Roosevelt after the Great Depression, uses funds from workers' paychecks to pay beneficiaries a monthly sum.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Exchequer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exchequer. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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