treasury (redirected from Treasuries)

treas·ur·y  (trzh-r)

n. pl. treas·ur·ies

1. A place in which treasure is kept.

2.

a. A place in which private or public funds are received, kept, managed, and disbursed.

b. Such funds or revenues.

3. A collection of literary or artistic treasures: a treasury of English verse.

4. Treasury

a. The department of a government in charge of the collection, management, and expenditure of the public revenue.

b. A security, such as a note, issued by the U.S. Treasury.

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[Middle English tresorie, from Old French, from tresor, treasure; see treasure.]

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treasury

Noun

pl -uries

1. a storage place for treasure

2. the revenues or funds of a government or organization

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Treasury

Noun

(in various countries) the government department in charge of finance

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Treasury a collection of valued things, of ten of wit, poems, or quotations.

Examples: great treasury of language, 1879; rich treasury of God’s word, 1673; treasury of divine knowledge, 1772.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	treasury - the funds of a government or institution or individual exchequer cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource - assets in the form of money public treasury, till, trough - a treasury for government funds bursary - the treasury of a public institution or religious order subtreasury - a subordinate treasury or place of deposit fisc - a state treasury or exchequer or a royal treasury; originally the public treasury of Rome or the emperor's private purse
	2.	treasury - the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues government department - a department of government
	3.	Treasury - negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time Treasury obligations government bond - a bond that is an IOU of the United States Treasury; considered the safest security in the investment world T-bill, Treasury bill - a short-term obligation that is not interest-bearing (it is purchased at a discount); can be traded on a discount basis for 91 days Treasury bond - a debt instrument with maturities of 10 years or longer Treasury note - securities with maturities of 1 to 10 years; sold for cash or in exchange for maturing issues or at auction
	4.	Treasury - the British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy First Lord of the Treasury British Cabinet - the senior ministers of the British government cabinet minister - a person who is a member of the cabinet
	5.	Treasury - the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789 Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department, United States Treasury U.S. Mint, United States Mint, US Mint - the mint that manufactures and distributes United States coins for circulation through Federal Reserve Banks; processes gold and silver bullion executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN - a law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering ATF, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms - the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson Financial Management Service - the federal agency in the Treasury Department that manages the government's disbursement and collection systems and provides central accounting and financial reporting Office of Intelligence Support, OIS - agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy Comptroller of the Currency - the agency of the Treasury Department responsible for controlling the currency Bureau of Customs, Customs Bureau, Customs Service, USCB - the agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs Bureau of Engraving and Printing - the agency of the Treasury Department that produces currency Internal Revenue Service, IRS - the bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections
	6.	treasury - a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely depositary, depository, repository, deposit - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

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treasury

noun 1. funds, money, capital, finances, resources, assets, revenues, exchequer, coffers

noun 2. storehouse, bank, store, vault, hoard, cache, repository

Translations

treasury [ˈtrɛʒərɪ] n the Treasury (US);

the Treasury Department → el Ministerio de Economía y de Hacienda

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treasury [ˈtrɛʒərɪ] n → trésorerie f;

the Treasury (US);

the Treasury Department → le ministère des Finances

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treasury [ˈtrɛʒərɪ] n the Treasury, the Treasury Department (US) → das Finanzministerium

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treasury [ˈtrɛʒərɪ] n → tesoreria;

(POL): the Treasury, (US) the Treasury Department → il Ministero del Tesoro