Secretary of the Treasury
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri əv ðə ˈtrɛʒəri/
- Formal
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secretario del Tesoro (EE. UU.)
- Washington took seriously his oath to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution," so he asked Attorney General Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, and Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton for advisory opinions on whether they thought the bill was constitutional.
- Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton
- Secretary of the Treasury Brady
- former Secretary of the Treasury
Janet Yellen just visited Ukraine, and given that she is the secretary of the Treasury Department, guess what she did?
- Janet Yellen just visited Ukraine, and given that she is the secretary of the Treasury Department, guess what she did?
Examples
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Janet Yellen just visited Ukraine, and given that she is the secretary of the Treasury Department, guess what she did?
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Everyone else is taking pay cuts, with no one making more than the Secretary of the Treasury.
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Why is the U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury staying at this hotel?
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This past year, he served as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury and on the staff of the National Economic Council.
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President George Washington appointed Hamilton as the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
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The President's Working Group is going into emergency meetings with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board.
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Wolcott was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by George Washington in 1795 to succeed Alexander Hamilton.
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Following a complaint to the White House by Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson, the solicitor general reversed field and filed a brief for the other side.
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The NEP was made necessary by the declining position of the United States in the global economy, or so its author, Secretary of the Treasury John Connally, believed.
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In 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first Secretary of the Treasury in the United States.
Synonyms
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4.2
A government official who manages a country's money, taxes and spending
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4.1
A senior government official who manages a country's money and economy
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7.7
A cabinet minister who manages the government's money and taxes
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7.8
A senior government official who manages the country's money and taxes
How Senior
- Formal
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5.3
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3.7
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5.0
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3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
secretary + of + the + Treasury
The meaning 'head of the Treasury Department' is directly and compositionally derived from 'secretary' (a senior official) + 'of the' (possession/association) + 'Treasury' (the government finance department). This is a formal title with clear cross-linguistic equivalents (e.g. minister/secretary of finance), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The title Secretary of the Treasury uses two simple ideas: a treasury is where the state keeps its 'money', and a secretary is a trusted person who manages important affairs. One can picture a trusted helper standing by the treasury to guard and run the money. That's why the title means the top official 'in charge' of the country's money.