state treasurer
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- noun
- /steɪt ˈtrɛʒər/
- US
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tesorero estatal
- The state treasurer presented a budget proposal during the annual financial meeting.
- former state treasurer
- state treasurer's office
- elected state treasurer
Examples
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For state treasurer, incumbent Democrat Robert McCord is running against Republican Diana Irey Vaughan, a member of the Washington County Board of Commissioners.
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State Treasurer Philip Clayton held sub-shares in the Georgia Company for one hundred and twelve thousand acres.
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The board is composed of the state treasurer, comptroller, and secretary of budget and management.
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Also on the ballot this year are races for three state "row offices" - attorney general, auditor general, and state treasurer.
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John Doerr of KP, as well as his family members, donated to Governor Markell's campaigns for state treasurer and governor of Delaware.
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Democratic Governor Deval Patrick was helped out enormously by the "independent" former state treasurer, Tim Cahill, who ran to the right of the Republican candidate Charlie Baker.
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It enjoined the state treasurer and the commissioner of education from distributing funds for state aid to education and directed that funds could be distributed only in a manner consistent with the first Robinson decision.
Academic text (1990) -
Indiana, where the Republican nominee, state Treasurer Richard E. Mourdock, is competing against Rep. Joe Donnelly, has turned from a safe Republican seat to one that leans Republican.
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John Shepperd, a member of the Yazoo legislature who opposed the sale, testified that state treasurer Philip Clayton offered to pay him seventy pounds, "at the request of General Gunn," if he would go home and not vote on the measure.
Academic text (2010) -
As the state treasurer, she oversees all financial transactions for the government.
Synonyms
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5.0
A person who manages money and pays bills for a group or company
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'state' (government authority) + 'treasurer' (person responsible for financial management): a treasurer who manages a state's finances. This noun–noun compound follows a common compositional pattern and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
State treasurer comes from the image of a treasurer as the person who keeps a chest of 'treasure' and the word state meaning the 'government' area. So a state treasurer is the official who keeps and manages the state's 'money' today.