Definition of treasury

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

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Subtriangular :: Subtreasury (n.) A subordinate treasury, or place of deposit; as, the United States subtreasury at New York..
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..
Opisthodome :: Opisthodome (n.) A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella, farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of its own, and often used as a treasury..
Unappropriated :: Unappropriated (a.) Not granted for, or applied to, any specific purpose; as, the unappropriated moneys in the treasury..
Treasury :: Treasury (n.) A repository of abundance; a storehouse.
Disburse :: Disburse (v. t.) To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.
Undersecretary :: Undersecretary (n.) A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury..
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..
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..
Fiscal :: Fiscal (a.) Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.
Reimburse :: Reimburse (v. t.) To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war..
Repertory :: Repertory (n.) A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.
Run :: Run (n.) A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes..
Bankrupt :: Bankrupt (a.) Depleted of money; not having the means of meeting pecuniary liabilities; as, a bankrupt treasury..
Bursary :: Bursary (n.) The treasury of a college or monastery.
Solicitor :: Solicitor (n.) The law officer of a city, town, department, or government; as, the city solicitor; the solicitor of the treasury..
Pap :: Pap (n.) Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap..
Department :: Department (v. i.) Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics..
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..
Subtreasuries :: Subtreasurer (n.) The public officer who has charge of a subtreasury.
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