treasury
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Noun (5)treasuries
- the funds of a government or institution or individualSynonyms: exchequerType of funds, financesKinds bursary, fisc, subtreasury, public treasury
- the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenuesType of government department
- negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on timeSynonyms: Treasury obligationsType of government bondKinds Treasury note, Treasury bond, Treasury bill
- the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789Synonyms: Department of the TreasuryTreasury DepartmentUnited States TreasuryType of executive departmentParts Financial Management Service, Office of Intelligence Support, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Bureau of Customs, United States Mint, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, Internal Revenue Service, Comptroller of the Currency +1 more
- a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safelyType of depository, deposit
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. tresorie, F. trésorerie.
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.
2. That department of a government which has charge of the finances.
3. A repository of abundance; a storehouse.
4. Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, “ Maunder's Treasury of Botany.”
5. A treasure. obsolete John Marston
Board of treasury, the board to which is intrusted the management of all matters relating to the sovereign's civil list or other revenues. British William Thos., and Cox, George William Brande — 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. British — Treasury lord. See Lord high treasurer of England, under Treasurer. British — 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54