" exchequer "

[Noun]  | "ex*che*quer" | \ ˈeks-ˌche-kər \

1: a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes

2: a former superior court having jurisdiction in England and Wales primarily over revenue matters and now merged with King's Bench

3: the department or office of state in Great Britain and Northern Ireland charged with the receipt and care of the national revenue

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English escheker, from Anglo-French, chessboard, counting table, exchequer {mat|checker|};

[Noun phrase]  | "chancellor of the exchequer" 

1: a member of the British cabinet in charge of the public income and expenditure

Origin: 1535 ;

[Noun]  | "exchequer"