Definition of treasury

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Treasury (n.) That department of a government which has charge of the finances.

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Treasury :: Treasury (n.) That department of a government which has charge of the finances.
Treasury :: Treasury (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..
Treasury :: Treasury (n.) A treasure.
Pap :: Pap (n.) Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap..
Fisc :: Fisc (n.) A public or state treasury.
Corban :: Corban (n.) An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited..
Deplete :: Deplete (a.) To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc..
Disburse :: Disburse (v. t.) To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.
Fiscal :: Fiscal (a.) Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.
Thesaurus :: Thesaurus (n.) A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia..
Repertory :: Repertory (n.) A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.
Purse :: Purse (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse..
Surplus :: Surplus (n.) Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government..
Confiscate :: Confiscate (v. t. ) To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.
Treasurer :: Treasurer (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..
Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low..
Seven-thirties :: Seven-thirties (n. pl.) A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they were all redeemed or funded..
Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury..
Secretary :: Secretary (n.) An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc..
Intreasure :: Intreasure (v. t.) To lay up, as in a treasury; to hoard..
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