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treasury [ˈtrɛʒərɪ] n pl -uries 1. a storage place for treasure 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the revenues or funds of a government, private organization, or individual 3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a place where funds are kept and disbursed 4. Also treasure house a collection or source of valuable items a treasury of information [from Old French tresorie, from tresor treasure] Treasury [ˈtrɛʒərɪ] n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in various countries) the government department in charge of finance. In Britain the Treasury is also responsible for economic strategy 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.
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treasury noun 1. funds, money, capital, finances, resources, assets, revenues, exchequer, coffers, wonga (slang) reconciling accounts with the central bank and its treasury 2. storehouse, bank, store, vault, hoard, cache, repository He had been compiling a treasury of jokes. 3. rich source, fund, mine, storehouse, repository, treasure house or trove These records are a treasury of information. 4. anthology, collection, digest, compilation, compendium, miscellany a treasury of stories for six year olds Translations treasury [ˈtreʒərɪ] A. N 1. (Pol) the Treasury → la Secretaría de Hacienda 2. (fig) (= anthology) → antología f B. CPD Treasury Bench N (Brit) (Pol) → banco m azul, banco m del gobierno treasury bill, treasury bond N (US) → pagaré m del Tesoro, bono m del Tesoro the Treasury Department N (US) (Pol) → la Secretaría de Hacienda Treasury promissory note N → pagaré m del Tesoro Treasury stock N (Brit) → bonos mpl del Tesoro (US) → acciones fpl rescatadas treasury warrant N → autorización f para pago de fondos públicos treasury [ˈtrɛʒəri] n → trésorerie f Treasury [ˈtrɛʒəri] Treasury Department (US) n the Treasury (British) → le Trésor (US) → le Trésor treasury bill n → bon m du Trésor treasury n (of society) → Kasse f (= anthology) → Schatzkästlein nt, → Schatzgrube f treasury: Treasury Bench n (Brit) → Regierungsbank f → (im Parlament) Treasury bill treasury bond n (US) → Schatzobligation f treasury note n (US) → Schatzanweisung f → or -wechsel m How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A PUBLIC Treasury, feeling Two Arms lifting out its contents, exclaimed: There was a dinner giving in the Harley Street establishment, while Little Dorrit was stitching at her father's new shirts by his side that night; and there were magnates from the Court and magnates from the City, magnates from the Commons and magnates from the Lords, magnates from the bench and magnates from the bar, Bishop magnates, Treasury magnates, Horse Guard magnates, Admiralty magnates,--all the magnates that keep us going, and sometimes trip us up. The camp-followers committed deplorable excesses; and, worse still, the soldiers found their way, by a guarded door, into the treasury of the Palace, and loaded themselves with gold and jewels. |
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