From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
treasury
n 1: the funds of a government or institution or individual
[syn: treasury, exchequer]
2: the government department responsible for collecting and
managing and spending public revenues
3: negotiable debt obligations of the United States government
which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be
paid on time [syn: Treasury, Treasury obligations]
4: the British cabinet minister responsible for economic
strategy [syn: Treasury, First Lord of the Treasury]
5: the federal department that collects revenue and administers
federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789
[syn: Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department,
Treasury, United States Treasury]
6: a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious
objects can be kept safely
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Treasury \Treas"ur*y\, n.; pl. Treasuries. [OE. tresorie, F.
tr['e]sorerie.]
1. 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.
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2. That department of a government which has charge of the
finances.
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3. A repository of abundance; a storehouse.
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4. Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge,
wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, " Maunder's
Treasury of Botany."
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5. A treasure. [Obs.] --Marston.
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Board of treasury, the board to which is intrusted the
management of all matters relating to the sovereign's
civil list or other revenues. [Eng.] --Brande & C.
Treasury bench, the first row of seats on the right hand of
the Speaker in the House of Commons; -- so called because
occupied by the first lord of the treasury and chief
minister of the crown. [Eng.]
Treasury lord. See Lord high treasurer of England, under
Treasurer. [Eng.]
Treasury note (U. S. Finance), a circulating note or bill
issued by government authority from the Treasury
Department, and receivable in payment of dues to the
government.
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