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chequer(2)(dictionary)
chequer(dictionary)
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chequer(1) (iou) and XINHUA (finance)


chequer(1) (iou)



chequer noun1. Also checker. ME.
[Aphet. from EXCHEQUER noun.]
I. A chessboard; chess. ME-E19.
In pl. (usu. treated as sing.). The game of draughts. dial. & N. Amer. E18.
b. In full checkerman. A piece in the game of draughts. N. Amer. M19.
II. The Court of Exchequer. ME-L17.
The royal or national treasury. LME-L17.
A room, place, or table for accounts. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
III.
A pattern made in squares, or with alternating colours. LME.
In pl. Squares or spots like or suggesting those which make up the design of a chessboard; rare the squares of an actual chessboard. E16.
Comb.: checkerman: see sense 2b above; chequer-board (the pattern of) a board for draughts or chess; chequer-wise adverb in the pattern of a chessboard; chequer-work work of a chequered pattern.

XINHUA (finance)


Xinhua is a Chinese newspaper.