Definition of treasury

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Treasury (n.) A repository of abundance; a storehouse.

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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..
Undersecretary :: Undersecretary (n.) A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury..
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..
Surplus :: Surplus (n.) Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government..
Subtreasuries :: Subtreasurer (n.) The public officer who has charge of a subtreasury.
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..
Treasury :: Treasury (n.) That department of a government which has charge of the finances.
Thesaurus :: Thesaurus (n.) A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia..
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..
Tap :: Tap (v. t.) Hence, to draw from (anything) in any analogous way; as, to tap telegraph wires for the purpose of intercepting information; to tap the treasury..
Pap :: Pap (n.) Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap..
Disburse :: Disburse (v. t.) To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.
Revenue :: Revenue (n.) The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use..
Repertory :: Repertory (n.) A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.
Bursary :: Bursary (n.) The treasury of a college or monastery.
Treasury :: Treasury (n.) A repository of abundance; a storehouse.
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..
Confiscate :: Confiscate (v. t. ) To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.
Purse :: Purse (n.) Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse..
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