Treasurer
['treʒ(ə)rə] or ['trɛʒərɚ]
Definition
(noun.) an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds.
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Definition
(n.) One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or treasury; an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties, or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders made by the proper authority; one who has charge of collected funds; as, the treasurer of a society or corporation.
Typed by Ewing
Examples
- Flimnap, the treasurer, is allowed to cut a caper on the straight rope, at least an inch higher than any other lord in the whole empire. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Robert Brocklehurst is the treasurer. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Because he is treasurer and manager of the establishment. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I hurried to the treasurer's office and deposited my ten percent. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The light and heavy coins are kept separate in coining, and when delivered to the treasurer they are mixed in such proportions as to give him full weight in every delivery. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At the end of every three months, they send this account to the treasurer, with the amount of the tax computed at the bottom of it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- On one occasion Edison acted as treasurer for his bibulous companions, holding the stakes, so to speak, in order that the supply of liquor might last longer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Vivienne