exchequer

tesoro público, hacienda pública

Organismo o fondo del Estado que recibe los impuestos y administra el dinero público.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: treasury

Expresiones frecuentes: public exchequer, chancellor of exchequer, national exchequer

fondos, caja

Dinero del que dispone una persona u organización, a menudo para un fin concreto.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: fund, purse

Expresiones frecuentes: private exchequer, personal exchequer, empty exchequer

demandar

Demandar a alguien ante un antiguo tribunal inglés que trataba principalmente asuntos del dinero del Estado.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: sue

Expresiones frecuentes: exchequer someone, exchequer a debtor