receiver general

noun

, plural receivers general.

1. a public official in charge of the government's treasury.

Word History and Origins

Origin of receiver general¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

In 1813, at the age of sixteen, she married M. Firmiani, receiver-general in the department of Montenotte.

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The two women often talked together; the Receiver General's wife found Jeanne very simple and very ignorant.

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He was allowed an agent in each district to collect the rents which were then turned in at stated periods to the Receiver General.

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The receiver-general, he was told, had not four crowns in his chest.

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Omitting that of the governor general, the highest salary in Canada was that of the receiver general which was 1000 a year.

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