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Treasury

noun

(pl. treasuries)

The funds of a government or institution or individual. Synonym: exchequer.

The government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues.

Negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time. Synonym: Treasury obligations.

The British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy. Synonym: First Lord of the Treasury.

The federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789. Synonyms: Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department, United States Treasury.

A depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely.

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"Treasury" Quotes from Famous Books

... my lords. I wot your love pursues A banish'd traitor; all my treasury Is yet but unfelt thanks, which, more enrich'd, Shall be ...

— The Tragedy of King Richard II • William Shakespeare [Craig, Oxford edition]

... and left it all aglow; then till the fire reached its heart and broke it, and it fell, and flickered up again and died, and slowly resolved itself into a hillock of red ember and creeping incandescence, a treasury still of memories of the woodlands and the coming of the spring, and the growth ...

— When Ghost Meets Ghost • William Frend De Morgan

... Jackson. Within the old building the Confederate Congress met, Aaron Burr was tried for treason, and George Washington saw, in its present position, his own statue by Houdon. Across the way from the square, where the post office now stands, was the Treasury Building of the Confederate States, and there Jefferson Davis appeared seven times, to be tried for treason, only to have his case postponed by the Federal Government, and finally dismissed. East of the ...

— American Adventures - A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' • Julian Street

... Julia. 'I 'm ready to be off as soon as you like; I'm ready to do anything that will please you'; which was untrue, but it was useless to tell him so. I sighed at my sad gift of penetration, and tossed the fresh example of it into the treasury of vanity. ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... silver we mine, we make the payment of that debt the easier. Tell the miners from me that I shall promote their interests to the best of my ability because their prosperity is the prosperity of the nation; and we shall prove in a few years that we are the treasury of ...

— The Lincoln Story Book • Henry L. Williams

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