receiver-general

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From receiver + general, after Anglo-Norman receivur general.

Noun[edit]

receiver-general (plural receivers-general)

  1. An officer who receives the public revenue; a treasurer. [from 15th c.]
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
      This nobleman communicated the circumstances of the case to the minister, and in a day or two our candidate found credit with the receiver-general of the county, who lent him twelve hundred pounds on his personal note, payable on demand.
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