TREASURY
\tɹˈɛʒəɹi], \tɹˈɛʒəɹi], \t_ɹ_ˈɛ_ʒ_ə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of TREASURY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789
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the funds of a government or institution or individual
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the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues
By Princeton University
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the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789
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the funds of a government or institution or individual
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the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A place or building in which stores of wealth are deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government; hence, also, the place of deposit and disbursement of any collected funds.
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That department of a government which has charge of the finances.
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A repository of abundance; a storehouse.
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Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, " Maunder's Treasury of Botany."
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A treasure.
By Oddity Software
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A place or building in which stores of wealth are deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government; hence, also, the place of deposit and disbursement of any collected funds.
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That department of a government which has charge of the finances.
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A repository of abundance; a storehouse.
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A treasure.
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Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, Maunder's of Botany.
By Noah Webster.
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A place where treasure is deposited: the department of a government which has charge of the finances.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A place or building in which stores of wealth are reposited; a department of Government where the public money is received, kept, and disbursed; all the officers connected with the department; an abundant store.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. A place or building in which stores of wealth are deposited; a place where public revenues are deposited; hence, the place of deposit and disbursement of any collected funds; also, a store-house or repository of great abundance; –a department of government which controls the management, collection, and expenditure of the public revenue; –the officers of the treasury department.
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