- a storage place for treasure
- the revenues or funds of a government, private organization, or individual
- a place where funds are kept and disbursed
- Also: treasure house a collection or source of valuable items: a treasury of information
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
treas•ur•y /ˈtrɛʒəri/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -ur•ies.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Governmenta place where the funds of a government, etc., are deposited, kept, and given out to be spent.
- Governmentthe funds or revenue (as from taxation) of a government, a private business, etc.
- Government[often: Treasury;
often: the + ~] the department of government that has control over money.
treas•ur•y
(trezh′ə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ur•ies.
- a place where the funds of the government, of a corporation, or the like are deposited, kept, and disbursed.
- funds or revenue of a government, public or private corporation, etc.
- ([cap.]) the department of government that has control over the collection, management, and disbursement of the public revenue.
- a building, room, chest, or other place for the preservation of treasure or valuable objects.
- a collection or supply of excellent or highly prized writings, works of art, etc.:a treasury of American poetry.
- Treasuries, [Informal.]Treasury bills, bonds, and notes.
- Old French. See treasure, -y3
- Middle English tresorie 1250–1300
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treasury /ˈtrɛʒərɪ/ n ( pl -uries)
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Treasury /ˈtrɛʒərɪ/ n
- (in various countries) the government department in charge of finance. In Britain the Treasury is also responsible for economic strategy
'treasury' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
boffin
- bursary
- confiscate
- exchequer
- fisc
- fiscal
- Hamilton
- Palgrave
- Premium Savings Bonds
- red book
- thesaurus
- TIGR
- treas.
- Treasury Bench
- treasury note
- Walpole
- aerarium
- appropriation
- bullish
- cameral
- chamber
- chase
- chest
- cimeliarch
- coffer
- Comptroller of the Currency
- Crawford
- Department of the Treasury
- Dillon
- drain
- entreasure
- epergne
- finance bill
- fowler
- free gold
- Gallatin
- Internal Revenue Service
- loot
- McAdoo
- Mellon
- money-market certificate
- Morgenthau
- noteholder
- opisthodomos
- overbalance
- plunder
- quaestor
- receiver general
- revenuer
- T-bill