exchequer

国庫、財務省

税金を受け取り、国のお金を管理する役所や資金。

やさしい英語で： The government office or fund that receives taxes and manages public money.

• The tax brings money into the exchequer.
• The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the budget.
• These payments will cost the public exchequer millions.

類義語： treasury

よく使う表現： public exchequer, chancellor of exchequer, national exchequer

資金、手持ちの金

人や組織が使えるお金。特定の目的のためのものを指すことが多い。

やさしい英語で： A supply of money available to a person or organization, often for a particular purpose.

• My exchequer is nearly empty.
• The repairs made a hole in our private exchequer.
• The club could not fund another trip from its small exchequer.

類義語： fund, purse

よく使う表現： private exchequer, personal exchequer, empty exchequer

提訴する

主に国の財務を扱った昔のイングランドの裁判所に人を訴える。

やさしい英語で： To take legal action against someone in a former English court that dealt mainly with government money.

• The Crown could exchequer a debtor.
• Officials exchequered the merchant over unpaid taxes.
• The records show why the collector exchequered him.

類義語： sue

よく使う表現： exchequer someone, exchequer a debtor