Exchequer

eks-chek'fcr, n. a superior court which had formerly to do only with the revenue, but now also with common law, so named from the checkered cloth which formerly covered the table, and on which the accounts were reckoned. —v to proceed against a person in the Court of Exchequer. [From root of Check, Ch00Iter.] Excise, ek-slz', a tax on certain home commodities and on licenses for certain trades.—v.t. to subject to excise duty. [0* But. aksiis— Fr. a is, a e ments a ise, an a ize, at which the tax was fixed. See A e and A ize.}