Treasury

n.	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.
	2.	That department of a government which has charge of the finances.
	3.	A repository of abundance; a storehouse.
	4.	Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, " Maunder's Treasury of Botany."
	5.	A treasure. Board of treasury the board to which is intrusted the management of all matters relating to the sovereign's civil list or other revenues. 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. - Brande & C. Treasury lord See Lord high treasurer of England, under Treasurer. 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.

Noun	1.	treasury - the funds of a government or institution or individual Synonyms: exchequer
	2.	treasury - the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues
	3.	Treasury - the British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy Synonyms: First Lord of the Treasury
	4.	Treasury - the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789 Synonyms: Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department, United States Treasury
	5.	treasury - a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely

TREASURY. The place where treasure is kept the office of a treasurer. The term is more usually applied to the public than to a private treasury. Vide Department of the Treasury o the United States.

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