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Definition of Chancellor of the Exchequer
1. Noun. The British cabinet minister responsible for finance.
Definition of Chancellor of the Exchequer
1. Proper noun. The official title held by the British cabinet minister, who is responsible for all governmental economic and financial matters, including the treasury. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chancellor Of The Exchequer
Literary usage of Chancellor of the Exchequer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"The chancellor of the exchequer found himself obliged not only to maintain ...
1816', in committee of supply, 1 the chancellor of the exchequer presented ..."
2. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"responsible for business which is transacted under the general control of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer. § 3. The Chancellor of the Exchequer. ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"Thus Sir John Pratt was Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1721. ... The Chancellor
of the Exchequer was also entitled to sit, as well as the Lord Treasurer, ..."
4. The Lancet (1842)
"The Chancellor of the Exchequer is bound to take their own measure of value, and
must arrive inevitably at the same conclusion. The profits of some trades ..."
5. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1844)
"The Chancellor of the Exchequer moves a renewal of the Duties of the preceding
yea r—.Mr. Cobden remonstrates against the Expenditure in.. curred for the ..."
6. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1819)
"ON March 16, the Chancellor of the Exchequer having moved the order or the day
... The Chancellor of the Exchequer -said, that the subject to which he was ..."
7. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1899)
"Robarts, a staunch Whig and thick and thin supporter of i [Mr. Spring Rice was
Chancellor of the Exchequer in Lord Melbourne's Second Administration until ..."
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