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treasury

treasury

8 4.6
A room or building where people keep money and valuable things safe
  • noun
  • /ˈtrɛʒəri/
translation icon : cámara del tesoro
  • My kitchen, my wine cellars, my treasury, my musicians, my dwarfs, tumblers, and singers; everything I possess is at his service.

But you, the the special priestess, may enter the treasury of the tombs.

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Examples

  • All tax collections now go directly to the count room, and double the guard at the treasury.

  • Your royal treasury has been breached.

  • There was a young prince from the Netherlands who decided to seek out the treasury.

  • Yet last night when I asked you to contribute to the king's treasury, you refused.

  • After the money leaves the treasury, it's going to stop at the cathedral to be blessed before it's handed over to the cardinal's men.

  • The treasury was looted.

  • Moreover, Glele rebuilt the royal treasury, commissioning many works to replace those destroyed by fire in a protest over his succession.

    Academic text (1990)
  • While there were certainly worse ways for the candidates to have spent their days than myrrh baths and beauty treatments, none of the rumors of riches and glory stirred more excitement than the thought of gaining entry to the royal treasury itself.

  • Sword ornaments with palm nuts are found in the treasuries of a number of states, including the regalia of the Asantehene and the states of Edweso, Kumawu, and Akyem Oda.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The museum's treasury houses ancient artifacts and priceless artworks.

Synonyms

vault
vstreasury
238 4.8

A strong locked room or digital place for keeping valuable things safe

is specifically a staffed or official room used to hold money and valuables
stash
vstreasury
  • Informal
134 4.3

A hidden store of money or things kept for later

is a secure official building for valuables not a hidden private place
store
vstreasury
97 1.0

A building that holds goods until people need them

is a secure, often official location for money and valuable objects
deposit
vstreasury
73 3.0

A place where people leave things to keep them safe

is a permanently secure storage room rather than any temporary holding place
cache
vstreasury
43 6.0

A secret store of things like money or food kept for future use

is an open official storage area rather than a secret hiding place
storeroom
vstreasury
38 1.8

A room where people keep extra things not used every day

is a secure, value-focused room rather than a general supply room
storage room
vstreasury
29 1.6

A room where you keep things you do not use often

is specifically secure and intended for money or valuable objects
depository
vstreasury
26 5.9

A safe place where people keep documents or other valuable items

is a secure room or building especially for money and treasures
repository
vstreasury
21 6.7

A place where things are kept safe for future use

is more narrowly a secure room or building for money and valuables
storehouse
vstreasury
10 3.1

A building where goods are kept for later use

focuses more on secure storage of money and precious objects
bank vault
vstreasury
10 3.5

A strong, secure room in a bank that holds money, valuable things, and important papers

is a general secure building for money and valuables rather than only banks
treasure house
vstreasury
1 4.2

A place that holds many valuable things like jewels or old books

is an official place mainly for money and other valuables
depositary
vstreasury
  • Formal
1 8.1

A person, place, or group that keeps things safe for others

is only a physical secure room or building for valuable storage

Compounds

46 4.1

A senior government official who manages a country's money and economy

45 3.6

A U.S. government department that manages national money, collects taxes, and makes coins and bills

A government official who leads a department that manages a nation's money and financial policy

Treasury bond
  • Specialized
10 4.9

A long loan to the U.S. government for ten years or more that pays interest

The head of the United States department that manages national money and financial policy

Treasury bill
  • Specialized
4 4.6

A short-term government loan sold for less than its value and repaid at full value without interest

Treasury note
  • Specialized
3 6.5

A loan to the government that pays interest and is repaid in one to ten years

2 4.1

Money that the government keeps and the office that holds and pays it

A U.S. government office that collects taxes and manages the country's money

1 5.8

A government worker who looks into serious money crimes like tax fraud and making fake money

1 3.7

A government department that collects taxes and manages the country's money

A senior government minister responsible for economic strategy, usually the prime minister

Treasury obligations
  • Specialized
6.4

Debt the United States government borrows by selling bonds that it pays back with interest

Shares the company has bought back and keeps that have no voting rights

treasury stock
  • Specialized
7.5

Shares a company buys back and keeps that have no voting rights or dividends

How Secure

strongroom
  • UK
7.3
vault
238 4.8
treasury
8 4.6
safe
20 1.0
box
1.0

Surface Forms

treasury singular
treasuries plural

Morphology

treasury = treasure (transparent) = treasure + y

This sense follows the literal idea of a place associated with storing treasure, so the connection to the base word is fairly direct.

Etymology

Treasury comes from the same old root as treasure, meaning 'valuable things kept safe'. Long ago it often meant a room or chest with jewels, so a treasury can mean a secure room or place where money and treasures are stored.