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{"id": "exchequer", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "exchequer", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"entries": [{"etymologies": ["Middle English: from Old French eschequier, from medieval Latin scaccarium \u2018chessboard\u2019, from scaccus (see check). The original sense was \u2018chessboard\u2019. Current senses derive from the Norman department of state dealing with the royal revenues, named Exchequer from the chequered tablecloth on which accounts were kept by means of counters. The spelling was influenced by Latin ex- \u2018out\u2019 (see ex). Compare with chequer"], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/exchequer_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u026aks\u02c8t\u0283\u025bk\u0259"}, {"dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u025bks\u02c8t\u0283\u025bk\u0259"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["a royal or national treasury"], "domainClasses": [{"id": "politics", "text": "Politics"}], "examples": [{"text": "an important source of revenue to the sultan's exchequer"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0339610.006", "semanticClasses": [{"id": "government_organization", "text": "Government_Organization"}], "shortDefinitions": ["royal or national treasury"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["the account at the Bank of England in which is held the Consolidated Fund, into which tax receipts and other public monies are paid"], "domainClasses": [{"id": "finance", "text": "Finance"}], "examples": [{"text": "each of the protesters will be liable to a fixed fine, which could raise \u00a3200m for the Exchequer"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0339610.010", "regions": [{"id": "british", "text": "British"}], "semanticClasses": [{"id": "fund", "text": "Fund"}], "shortDefinitions": ["account at Bank of England in which is held Consolidated Fund"], "variantForms": [{"text": "Exchequer"}]}, {"definitions": ["the former government office responsible for collecting revenue and making payments on behalf of the sovereign, auditing official accounts, and trying legal cases relating to revenue."], "domainClasses": [{"id": "politics", "text": "Politics"}, {"id": "finance", "text": "Finance"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0339610.013", "regions": [{"id": "british", "text": "British"}], "registers": [{"id": "historical", "text": "Historical"}], "semanticClasses": [{"id": "government_organization", "text": "Government_Organization"}], "shortDefinitions": ["former government office responsible for collecting revenue and making payments on behalf of sovereign, auditing official accounts"], "variantForms": [{"text": "Exchequer"}]}], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "fund"}, {"language": "en", "text": "funds"}, {"language": "en", "text": "reserves"}, {"language": "en", "text": "resources"}, {"language": "en", "text": "money"}, {"language": "en", "text": "finances"}, {"language": "en", "text": "wealth"}, {"language": "en", "text": "cash"}, {"language": "en", "text": "wherewithal"}, {"language": "en", "text": "capital"}, {"language": "en", "text": "assets"}, {"language": "en", "text": "deep pockets"}, {"language": "en", "text": "purse"}, {"language": "en", "text": "kitty"}, {"language": "en", "text": "pool"}, {"language": "en", "text": "bank"}, {"language": "en", "text": "treasury"}, {"language": "en", "text": "exchequer"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "coffer", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0002493.002"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "noun", "text": "Noun"}, "text": "exchequer"}], "type": "headword", "word": "exchequer"}], "word": "exchequer"}
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