The federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789
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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a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely
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the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues
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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 British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy
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the funds of a government or institution or individual
n.
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.
n.
That department of a government which has charge of the
finances.
n.
A repository of abundance; a storehouse.
n.
Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge,
wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, " Maunder's Treasury of
Botany."
n.
A treasure.
Treasury
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.
Usage Examples
My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury.
You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there.
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Other Usage ExamplesObama's health care plan will be written by a committee whose head, John Conyers, says he doesn't understand it. It'll be passed by Congress that has not read it, signed by a president who smokes, funded by a Treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, overseen by a Surgeon General who is obese, and financed by a country that's nearly broke. What could possibly go wrong?
There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is called religious.
What I'm not saying is that all government spending is bad. It's not - far, far from it, but there is no free lunch, as a former colleague of mine used to say. There is no public tooth fairy. Father Christmas does not work on the Treasury staff this year. You can never bail someone out of trouble without putting someone else into trouble.