chancellor
/ˈtʃɑːnsələr/ noun [C]Definition
Chancellor › GOVERNMENT, FINANCE Chancellor of the Exchequer: With news of profit losses across the nation, the chancellor is expected to cut interest rates.
› GOVERNMENT a title used in some countries for an official position of high rank in a government, legal system, or university: She was the first woman chancellor of Germany. Chancellor Kohl the vice-chancellor of the university
chancellorship /ˈtʃɑːnsələʃɪp/
/ˈtʃænsəlɚ-/ noun [S] › Debt increased massively during his chancellorship.(Definition of chancellor noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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