United States Treasury
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3.7
- proper noun
- /juːˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈtrɛʒəri/
- Formal
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Tesoro de los Estados Unidos
- It came from the United States Treasury Department, which flagged that money being transferred from a sketchy source to Hunter Biden's firm.
It came from the United States Treasury Department, which flagged that money being transferred from a sketchy source to Hunter Biden's firm.
- It came from the United States Treasury Department, which flagged that money being transferred from a sketchy source to Hunter Biden's firm.
Examples
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The United States Treasury is responsible for managing the country's finances and collecting taxes.
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Note represents debt owed by the United States Treasury to the public.
Blog text (20) -
Last year, the United States Treasury identified a Lebanese bank, Beirut-based Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL, as a
Blog text (26) -
But the real reason, Becky, is because I love you, and I want you and some young man to have what I had, because all the gold in the United States Treasury... and all the harp music in heaven... can't equal what happens between a man and a woman... with all that growing together.
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Because the USMC could not permit work without pay, more than 1,500 workers showed up on December 25, 1944, and signed over their wages of $16,080 to the United States Treasury.
Academic text (2009) -
Warren, B. S., and Edgar Sydenstricker. Health Insurance: Its Relation to the Public. United States Treasury Department, Public Health Service, Public Health Bulletin No. 76. Washington, DC: GPO, 1916. Print.
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Taxpayers must send their payments to the United States Treasury to ensure proper processing.
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In a recent report, the United States Treasury highlighted the importance of fiscal responsibility.
Synonyms
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4.3
A United States government department that collects taxes and manages the country's money
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3.6
A U.S. government department that manages national money, collects taxes, and makes coins and bills
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3.9
A U.S. government office that collects taxes and manages the country's money
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'United States' names the country and 'Treasury' denotes the government department for finance, so the combined phrase refers to that country's finance department. This follows standard government-naming patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The United States Treasury takes its name from the old word treasury, once a locked chest or box where people kept coins and officials counted money. That's why today the United States Treasury is the government department for 'collecting money' and 'managing the country's money'.