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noun

Treasury n. (pl. treasuries)

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. (Obs.)

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.)

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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"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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