different between exchequer vs comptroller

English

Alternative forms

• exchecker (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman escheker (“chessboard”); from Medieval Latin scaccarium. This is because the cloth on which the exchequer counted money was chequered like a chessboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ks?t???.k?/, /?ks?t???.k?/, enPR: ?ks-ch?k'-?r, iks-ch?k'-?r

Noun

exchequer (plural exchequers)

1. A treasury.
2. An available fund of money, especially one for a specific purpose.

Derived terms

• Exchequer (The UK government treasury department)

Translations

Verb

exchequer (third-person singular simple present exchequers, present participle exchequering, simple past and past participle exchequered)

1. (transitive) To proceed against (a person) in the Court of Exchequer.

English

Etymology

From late Middle English compteroller, a spelling variant of countreroller (from which controller) due to folk etymology: the word was thought to have an etymological connection with Middle French compte (“account”) (Middle French compteroleur is attested circa 1375). Originally the two spellings were equivalent and pronounced identically; the modern pronunciation with [mp] is based on the spelling.

Pronunciation

• either as controller or as IPA^(key): [k?mp?t?o?l??], [k?m?t?o?l??]
• Homophone: controller
• Rhymes: -??l?(?)

Noun

comptroller (plural comptrollers)

1. The chief accountant of a company or government.
   • 1988, Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 237:

     The terms of the licence shall, in default of agreement, be settled by the comptroller.

Synonyms

Related terms

• controller

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