What does treasury mean?
Definitions for treasury
ˈtrɛʒ ə ritrea·su·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
treasury, exchequernoun
the funds of a government or institution or individual
treasurynoun
the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues
Treasury, Treasury obligationsnoun
negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time
Treasury, First Lord of the Treasurynoun
the British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy
Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department, Treasury, United States Treasurynoun
the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789
treasurynoun
a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely
Wiktionary
treasurynoun
a place where treasure is stored safely
treasurynoun
a place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
treasurynoun
a collection or artistic or literary works
Treasurynoun
a government department responsible for the collection, management, and expenditure of the public revenue
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Treasurynoun
A place in which riches are accumulated.
Etymology: from treasure; tresorerie, Fr.
And make his chronicle as rich with prize,
As is the ouzy bottom of the sea
With sunken wreck and sumless treasuries. William Shakespeare.Thy sumptuous buildings
Have cost a mass of publick treasury. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.And yet I know not how conceit may rob
The treasury of life, when life itself
Yields to the theft. William Shakespeare, King Lear.He had a purpose to furnish a fair case in that university with choice collections from all parts, like that famous treasury of knowledge at Oxford. Henry Wotton.
The state of the treasury the king best knows. William Temple.
Physicians, by treasuries of just observations, grow to skill in the art of healing. Isaac Watts.
Wikipedia
Treasury
A treasury is either A government department related to finance and taxation, a finance ministry. A place or location where treasure, such as currency or precious items are kept. These can be state or royal property, church treasure or in private ownership.The head of a treasury is typically known as a treasurer. This position may not necessarily have the final control over the actions of the treasury, particularly if they are not an elected representative. The adjective for a treasury is normally treasurial. The adjective "tresorial" can also be used, but this normally means pertaining to a treasurer.
ChatGPT
treasury
The treasury is a government department responsible for managing the financial resources, revenue collections, public expenditures, and public debt of a country. It oversees financial and monetary policies, often including the issuance of bonds and notes, creation of budgets, management of government accounts and tax collection. It plays a critical role in the economic stability and fiscal policy of a nation. Additionally, in a company, it refers to the department responsible for financial operations, such as cash management, investment planning, and financial risk management.
Webster Dictionary
Treasurynoun
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
Treasurynoun
that department of a government which has charge of the finances
Treasurynoun
a repository of abundance; a storehouse
Treasurynoun
hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, " Maunder's Treasury of Botany."
Treasurynoun
a treasure
Wikidata
Treasury
A treasury is either ⁕A government department related to finance and taxation. ⁕A place where currency or precious items is/are kept. The head of a treasury is typically known as a treasurer. This position may not necessarily have the final control over the actions of the treasury, particularly if they are not an elected representative. The adjective for a treasury is normally "treasurial". The adjective "tresorial" can also be used, but this normally means pertaining to a treasurer.
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Rank popularity for the word 'treasury' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3634
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'treasury' in Nouns Frequency: #1502
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of treasury in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of treasury in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of treasury in a Sentence
I still believe that there is a danger of repeat of a Treasury meltup that 2014 did end up bringing, particularly into the crescendo of October 15, if something can't go up, it has to go down. Yields can't seem to go up. They might go down. And if they go down any amount again, if the 10-year goes below 2 percent, even below 2.20 percent, that's the line in the sand I am talking about.
You have to take into account the reality today, that we have a very tight fiscal environment. The extent to which you can rely on the national treasury to fund projects is not what it was five years ago.
I would expect we would see more, the conventional wisdom out there that we've pretty much exhausted all the sanctions we can impose on Iran is completely false. There are many, many more things that can be done and there are many more actions in Treasury's pipeline. ... We may be at seven on the sanctions dial and maximum pressure requires an 11.
No, we do not envision a significant surge in inflation, but we do think inflation expectations may be too sanguine. As such, we prefer( Treasury Inflation Protected Securities) to plain-vanilla Treasuries in our bond portfolio.
There is probably a shipwreck there of an official treasury boat which was on its way to the central government in Egypt with taxes that had been collected.
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- خزينةArabic
- pokladnaCzech
- statskassenDanish
- SchatzkammerGerman
- πλούτοςGreek
- trezorejoEsperanto
- tesoroSpanish
- خزانه, مجموعه, گنجینه, خزانهداریPersian
- aarrekammio, aarreaittaFinnish
- trésorerieFrench
- stórIrish
- államkincstár, kincstárHungarian
- գանձարանArmenian
- PerbendaharaanIndonesian
- tesoro, tesoreriaItalian
- 国庫, 金庫, 宝庫Japanese
- aerariumLatin
- schatkistDutch
- skarbiecPolish
- tesourariaPortuguese
- vistierie (de stat), tezaur, tezaur literar, trezorerii, tezaur de stat, trezorerieRomanian
- казна, сокровищница, казначействоRussian
- wizara ya hazinaSwahili
- కోశాగారముTelugu
- hazineTurkish
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