exchequer
Example Sentences
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Budget days used to be symbolised by the chancellor of the exchequer smiling and holding aloft the famous Red Box outside Number 11.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
In 2015 he was health secretary, and later held other government posts, including chancellor of the exchequer and foreign secretary.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
The chancellor of the exchequer warned of "necessary choices" as Britain struggles with high debt and inflation.
From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025
But independent experts and rating agencies like Moody's expect the figure to be higher, with the strain on the exchequer "even more pronounced" in the coming years.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2025
Not that I cared which side we sold them to, but the British were the ones who had money—they had the whole English exchequer behind them.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
