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treasury

treasury

1 5.3
A pool of digital money that a project or group keeps to pay for work and expenses
  • noun
  • /ˈtrɛʒəri/
  • Jargon
translation icon : tesorería
  • Because hands-on experiences offer productive opportunities to help children comprehend and appreciate the past, the collective wealth of time capsules can be virtual treasuries that help students enjoy the stories of history.

Examples

  • I have thought about floating-rate issues by the treasury, but I had imagined linking it to the results of six-month auctions and had imagined them as a retail product.

    Blog text (32)
  • Failing harmony and happiness, there is always recourse to one's private cabin with computer access to a treasury of literature, music, games, and virtual experiences from skiing to scuba-diving, all the way through the alphabet of possibilities and back again.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • So, so corporate adoption as a treasury asset drives the price up.

  • I propose our cut be put into the planetary treasury and used to guide the Iotians into a more ethical system.

    Blog text (27)
  • The cost of borrowing for A and BBB rated banking and brokerage firms is now both more than 8% wider than the comparable treasury rate.

    Blog text (4)
  • As to your assertion that the money you pay to buy and trade shares of CAT (or any other company) goes into CAT's treasury and is used to fund their growth overseas is absolute nonsense.

    Blog text (16)
  • The cost of borrowing for a AA-rated banking and brokerage firm spiked to 50 bps above treasuries from practically nothing from July 27th to September 17th, 2007.

    Blog text (4)
  • The project funded its expansion using the digital assets from its treasury.

  • Decisions about how to allocate funds from the community treasury are made through governance voting.

  • The organization plans to use its treasury to support new development initiatives.

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 Big

treasury
  • Jargon
1 5.3
reserve fund
  • Specialized
3 4.1
community chest
  • US
1 3.2
pool
360 3.4
tip
185 1.0

Surface Forms

treasury singular
treasuries plural

Morphology

treasury = treasure (semi-transparent) = treasure + y

The blockchain sense extends the financial meaning of 'treasury' by analogy, so the form is recognizable but the usage is specialized.

Etymology

Treasury comes from the same old root as treasure, meaning 'valuable things kept safe'. In crypto, a treasury is like a 'digital treasure chest' for a project, a pool of tokens the project keeps to pay for work and plans.