treasury
- noun
- /ˈtrɛʒəri/
- After the audit was completed, the committee confirmed the treasury still held sufficient funds for the upcoming projects.
- national treasury
- paid into the treasury
- treasury funds
They could seize church lands, They could take the state treasury.
- They could seize church lands, They could take the state treasury.
Examples
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American voters have the right to determine how much of the public treasury goes toward funding military forces in Europe.
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Only those contributing to the public treasury ought to have a vote in how it is spent.
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After years of civil war, the Roman treasury was empty.
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And this plaque has been in the state treasury for hundreds of years.
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My state, California, contributes significantly more to the treasury than it gets in return.
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Two years into a war with Britain, and the treasury has been bled dry because of her.
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And once in power, they looted the city treasury and used their power to shake down businesses.
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Even if those people only paid 10% in income taxes, the treasury is out another $60,000.
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Bloomberg also began dipping deeper into the city treasury for more and more tax dollars for the schools.
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Huge subsidies deplete the treasury while the tax base remains minuscule.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
Money a government gets from taxes and other sources
Money a country gets from taxes and other sources to pay for public services
Money that the government keeps and the office that holds and pays it
Money that a government, organization, or person has
Money a government gets, mainly from taxes, to pay for public services
Compounds
- Formal
A senior government official who manages a country's money and economy
- Formal
A U.S. government department that manages national money, collects taxes, and makes coins and bills
- Formal
A government official who leads a department that manages a nation's money and financial policy
- Specialized
A long loan to the U.S. government for ten years or more that pays interest
- Formal
The head of the United States department that manages national money and financial policy
- Specialized
A short-term government loan sold for less than its value and repaid at full value without interest
- Specialized
A loan to the government that pays interest and is repaid in one to ten years
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A U.S. government office that collects taxes and manages the country's money
A government worker who looks into serious money crimes like tax fraud and making fake money
- Formal
A government department that collects taxes and manages the country's money
A senior government minister responsible for economic strategy, usually the prime minister
- Specialized
Debt the United States government borrows by selling bonds that it pays back with interest
- Specialized
Shares a company buys back and keeps that have no voting rights or dividends
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Etymology
Treasury comes from the same old root as treasure, meaning 'valuable things kept safe'. So a treasury is the money or funds that an organization keeps.