Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
securities with maturities of 1 to 10 years;
sold for cash or in exchange for maturing issues or at auction;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Treasury \Treas"ur*y\, n.; pl. Treasuries. [OE. tresorie, F.
tr['e]sorerie.]
1. A place or building in which stores of wealth are
deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are
deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray
the expenses of government; hence, also, the place of
deposit and disbursement of any collected funds.
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2. That department of a government which has charge of the
finances.
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3. A repository of abundance; a storehouse.
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4. Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge,
wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, " Maunder's
Treasury of Botany."
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5. A treasure. [Obs.] --Marston.
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Board of treasury, the board to which is intrusted the
management of all matters relating to the sovereign's
civil list or other revenues. [Eng.] --Brande & C.
Treasury bench, the first row of seats on the right hand of
the Speaker in the House of Commons; -- so called because
occupied by the first lord of the treasury and chief
minister of the crown. [Eng.]
Treasury lord. See Lord high treasurer of England, under
Treasurer. [Eng.]
Treasury note (U. S. Finance), a circulating note or bill
issued by government authority from the Treasury
Department, and receivable in payment of dues to the
government.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Treasury note
n 1: securities with maturities of 1 to 10 years; sold for cash
or in exchange for maturing issues or at auction
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "treasury note":
Federal Reserve note, assignat, bank note, bill,
callable securities, cats and dogs, certificate of deposit,
corporation securities, dollar bill, fiat money,
foreign securities, fractional note, futures contract,
government note, government securities, junior securities,
legal-tender note, listed securities, marketable securities,
municipal securities, national bank note, negotiable note,
negotiable securities, noncallable securities, note,
outstanding securities, over-the-counter securities, paper money,
portfolio, scrip, securities, senior securities, shinplaster,
short-term note, stocks and bonds, subject to call, treasury bill,
treasury bond, treasury certificate, undigested securities,
unregistered securities, warrant