Treasury
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4.3
- proper noun
- /ˈtrɛʒ.ə.ri/
- Formal
- She received a grant from the Treasury for her small business.
- U.S. Treasury
- Treasury Department
- Treasury Secretary
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Watch on YouTubeSo they are saying OK here, Treasury data provides a further boost.
- So they are saying OK here, Treasury data provides a further boost.
- Next up, we have Scott Besson, the Secretary of Treasury.
- So she's doggedly pursued issues around tax avoidance, for example, and the role of the Treasury and HMRC in that.
- So then the student defaults and the credit unit, the lender simply turns to the Treasury and says, here's here's your loan file, pay me.
- The UK Treasury is pursuing a strategy that opposes what the Bank of England is trying to do.
- Clearly nest has been financed or much of the set up has been financed through a loan from HMT, from Majesty's Treasury.
- Here is the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett last night being grilled by the media and listen to his answers.
- It doesn't depend on the Fed, the Federal Reserve Bank or the Treasury or Wall Street.
- Or if you're Treasury, you say, why would we change anything?
- Then he went later and kicked it to the FBI and I think the Treasury.
- And here you have the treasury buying from multiple sellers of the of these toxic assets assets.
Examples
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The U.S. Treasury announced new measures to improve tax collection.
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It's not bringing into the Treasury what they expected.
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I have a meeting with the Treasury tomorrow morning.
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Your Treasury Department lost $28 million.
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In practice, it is difficult to coordinate economic policy among the Treasury, Congress, and the Federal Reserve.
Academic text (1990) -
The UK Treasury is pursuing a strategy that opposes what the Bank of England is trying to do.
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And in 1944, the Treasury sought $10.5 billion in new revenue for the war.
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In the 2008 stimulus, the U.S. Treasury began issuing one-time payments to households in the spring.
Academic text (2011) -
Each year, the Treasury reports on the state of the federal budget.
Synonyms
47
3.6
A U.S. government department that manages national money, collects taxes, and makes coins and bills
2
3.7
A government department that collects taxes and manages the country's money
2
3.9
A U.S. government office that collects taxes and manages the country's money
Compounds
- Formal
69
4.1
A senior government official who manages a country's money and economy
- Formal
47
3.6
A U.S. government department that manages national money, collects taxes, and makes coins and bills
- Formal
18
5.3
A government official who leads a department that manages a nation's money and financial policy
- Specialized
11
4.9
A long loan to the U.S. government for ten years or more that pays interest
- Formal
5
4.1
The head of the United States department that manages national money and financial policy
- Specialized
5
4.6
A short-term government loan sold for less than its value and repaid at full value without interest
- Specialized
3
6.5
A loan to the government that pays interest and is repaid in one to ten years
- Formal
2
3.7
A government department that collects taxes and manages the country's money
2
5.8
A government worker who looks into serious money crimes like tax fraud and making fake money
- Formal
2
3.9
A U.S. government office that collects taxes and manages the country's money
- Specialized
1
6.4
Debt the United States government borrows by selling bonds that it pays back with interest
- Specialized
1
7.5
Shares a company buys back and keeps that have no voting rights or dividends
1
7.7
A senior government minister responsible for economic strategy, usually the prime minister
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Treasury comes from an old word that meant 'treasure' and shares the same root as the common English word treasure. A treasury was originally a place where valuables were kept, so today's Treasury is the government department that holds and manages the country's money.