Definition of treasury

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

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Repertory :: Repertory (n.) A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.
Treasury :: Treasury (n.) A repository of abundance; a storehouse.
Milreis :: Milreis (n.) A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury department of the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills..
Subtreasuries :: Subtreasurer (n.) The public officer who has charge of a subtreasury.
Treasury :: Treasury (n.) Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, Maunder's Treasury of Botany..
Purse :: Purse (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse..
Intreasure :: Intreasure (v. t.) To lay up, as in a treasury; to hoard..
Fiscal :: Fiscal (a.) Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.
Subtriangular :: Subtreasury (n.) A subordinate treasury, or place of deposit; as, the United States subtreasury at New York..
Unappropriated :: Unappropriated (a.) Not granted for, or applied to, any specific purpose; as, the unappropriated moneys in the 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..
Fisc :: Fisc (n.) A public or state treasury.
Issue :: Issue (n.) The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury..
Exhaust :: Exhaust (v. t.) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury..
Bankrupt :: Bankrupt (a.) Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury..
Disburse :: Disburse (v. t.) To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.
Thesaurus :: Thesaurus (n.) A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia..
Raid :: Raid (n.) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury..
Treasury :: Treasury (n.) That department of a government which has charge of the finances.
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..
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