See Also: TREASURY(finance)
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Treasury(money)
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Treasury notes(finance)
Treasury certificates(finance)
Treasury bonds(finance)
Treasury bill(finance)
Treasury Bench, the(dictionary)

treasury (iou)



treasury noun. ME.
[Old French tresorie (formed as TREASURE noun) after medieval Latin thesaur(ar)ia, -ium: see -Y3.]
A room or building where treasure is stored, a place or receptacle for money or valuables. Also, the funds or revenue of a State, institution, society, etc. ME.
A treasure. ME-L17.
A repository or collection of valuable or pleasing things. LME.
W. Sheed The treasury of great songs written..between the wars.
(Treasury.) The department of State responsible for the collection, management, and expenditure of the public revenue of a country; the staff of this department; the building from which this department is run. LME.
First Lord of the Treasury in Britain, the Prime Minister. Secretary of the Treasury the head of the US Treasury Department.
In full treasury bill. A bill of exchange issued by the Government to raise money for temporary needs. Usu. in pl. L18.
The weekly payment of a company of actors. Theatrical slang. L19.
Comb.: Treasury bench the front bench on the right hand of the Speaker in the House of Commons, occupied by the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and other members of the Government; treasury bill: see sense 5 above; treasury-bond a government bond issued by the Treasury; Treasury Department the US government finance department; treasury note (Hist. exc. US) a note issued by the Treasury for use as currency; treasury tag a small tag used to fasten papers together, consisting of a length of string with a metal bar at each end.
treasuryship noun = TREASURERSHIP E18.