Treasury
['treʒ(ə)rɪ] or ['trɛʒəri]
Definition
(noun.) a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely.
(noun.) the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues.
(noun.) the British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy.
(noun.) the funds of a government or institution or individual.
(noun.) negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time.
Editor: Miles--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) That department of a government which has charge of the finances.
(n.) A repository of abundance; a storehouse.
(n.) Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, " Maunder's Treasury of Botany."
(n.) A treasure.
Typist: Veronica
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Till, strong-box, money-box, money-bag.
Editor: Myra
Examples
- Inexperienced in government, she plunged into all manner of useless expenditure, and swamped her treasury almost in a day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In which compensating adjustment of their noses, they were pretty much like Treasury, Bar, and Bishop, and all the rest of them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was in the court outside the treasury that my cousin and I met, to enforce the laws of discipline on our own soldiers. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It is a lucrative source of emolument, and sometimes brings into the national treasury as much as thirty-five or forty dollars a year. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And you, said he, when in England, have only to exhibit your accounts to the treasury, and you will be paid immediately. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Admiralty said Mr Merdle was a wonderful man, Treasury said he was a new power in the country, and would be able to buy up the whole House of Commons. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The crown of Charlemagne, which is preserved in the imperial treasury of Vienna, is composed of eight plates of gold, four large and four small, connected by hinges. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I think, moreover, that Nature was not to him that treasury of delight it was to his sisters. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It was never possessed at all by Florida or the States west of the Mississippi, all of which were purchased by the treasury of the entire nation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Treasury said, Juno. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Treasury moved on, and Bar came up. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But now suppose we had a round sign for money, and suppose we put this sign inside the box sign, that would do for cash-box or treasury. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Paget, as Lord of the Treasury, must remain in London, and only pay her flying visits. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Sanders’ relatives came to the aid of the Bell Company, and put money into its treasury, and soon Hubbard was leasing out telephones at the rate of a thousand a month. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Treasury said Merdle's work punished him a little. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Typist: Vilma