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Exchequer vs Coffer - What's the difference?

exchequer | coffer |

As nouns the difference between exchequer and coffer

is that exchequer is (british) the government department that collects and manages revenue while coffer is a strongbox: a strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.

As a verb coffer is

to put money or valuables in a coffer.

exchequer

English

(wikipedia exchequer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a treasury
  • an available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose

    • coffer

    English

    Alternative forms

    * copher (obsolete) * cophre (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strongbox: a strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
  • (architecture) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome; a caisson.
  • * 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.135:
    • Prolapsed and waterstained ceiling, the sagging coffers .
  • A cofferdam.
  • A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • He would discharge it without any burden to the queen's coffers .
  • * Shakespeare
    • Hold, here is half my coffer .
  • A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put money or valuables in a coffer
  • To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers.

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