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treasury

UK/ˈtɹɛʒ.ə.ɹi//ˈtɹɛʒ.ɚ.i/

treasury noun: a place where treasure is stored safely. Also the ellipsis of treasury department.

Noun (1)

treasury (plural treasuries)

  1. A place where treasure is stored safely.
  2. A place where state or royal money and valuables are stored.
  3. A collection of artistic or literary works.
  4. (obsolete) A treasure.
    • Now since he hath the grace, thus gracelesse be
      His neighbors sweare he'le swell with treasurie.1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], “Totum in Toto”, in The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison...

Proper noun capitalized: Treasury

Treasury

  1. Any specific instance of a government department responsible for the collection, management, and expenditure of public revenue.
    • as reported to the Treasury and to Parliament
    • aspects of customs work that were formerly under Treasury and are nowadays under Homeland Security
    Synonyms:
    Exchequer

Noun (2) capitalized: Treasury

Treasury (plural Treasuries or Treasurys)

  1. (in plural, often) A bond (security) issued by such a department, in particular the United States Department of the Treasury.
    • As the Fed moves to adjust for faster growth, shorter-maturity Treasurys will be more vulnerable to further price declines while the risk of a sudden spike in inflation will diminish.2016 December 26, Scott Minerd, “A Contrarian's View on Inflation Fears”, in The New York Times
    • “The prospects for long-term Treasuries are looking very good right now,” said Michael Contopoulos, director of fixed-income strategy at Richard Bernstein Advisors.2022 December 9, Jeff Sommer, “After a Terrible Year for Bonds, the Outlook Is Better”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    treasury bond

Also used as

treasury is also the ellipsis of treasury department.

treasury is also the ellipsis of treasury bond.

treasury is also the ellipsis of digital-asset treasury company.

treasury meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

treasury in Hindi

place where treasure is stored safely
कोश koś, कोषागार koṣāgār
place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
ख़ज़ाना xazānā, राजकोष rājkoṣ, कोश koś

treasury in Tamil

கருவூலம்

treasury in Marathi

कोषागार

treasury in Urdu

place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
خَزَانَہ xazāna
More languagesFewer languages
treasury in Bengali
কোষাগার, ট্রেজারি
treasury in Telugu
కోశాగారము kōśāgāramu
treasury in Malayalam
കലവറ kalavaṟa, ഖജനാവ് khajanāvŭ
treasury in Kannada
ಖಜಾನೆ, ಖಜಾನೆಯ, ಖಜಾನೆಯು
treasury in Punjabi
ਖਜ਼ਾਨਾ
treasury in Gujarati
તિજોરી
treasury in Odia
କୋଷାଗାର, ରାଜକୋଷ
treasury in Nepali
कोषागार, ट्रेजरी
treasury in Tagalog
ingatang-yaman
treasury in Arabic
خَزِينَة ḵazīna
treasury in Malay
khazanah
treasury in Indonesian
perbendaharaan
treasury in Persian
مجموعه majmu'e, گنجینه ganjine
treasury in Vietnamese
kho bạc, ngân khố, công khố

Examples of treasury in a sentence

  • The issue of the directive from the treasury prompted the central bank's most recent issue of currency.
  • Even though there is a lot of money in the treasury, some of it has to be kept for next year, so only part of it is spendable.
  • Jewels are valued by appraisers, sealed and sent to the treasury.

All 24 example sentences with treasury

Synonyms of treasury

Forms of treasury

pluraltreasuries
pluralTreasuries
pluralTreasurys

Plural of treasury: treasuries

Origin of treasury

From Middle English tresorie, from Old French tresorie, from tresor (“treasure”), from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “treasure house”). Displaced native Old English māþmhūs.

Ellipsis of Treasury Department (or Department of the Treasury), or of Treasury bond.

Words formed from treasury

Phrases with treasury

Questions about treasury

What does treasury mean?
Treasury means a place where treasure is stored safely.
What is treasury in Hindi?
Treasury in Hindi is कोश (koś), कोषागार (koṣāgār), ख़ज़ाना (xazānā). See Treasury meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is treasury?
Treasury can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce treasury?
Treasury is pronounced /ˈtɹɛʒ.ə.ɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of treasury?
The plural of treasury is treasuries.

Words near treasury in the dictionary

  1. treasurial
  2. treasuries
  3. treasuring
  4. treasurite
  5. treasurous
  6. treasury
  7. Treasury Bench
  8. Treasury bill
  9. Treasury bills
  10. treasury department
  11. treasury departments

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: treasury (page history and authors); Treasury (page history and authors); treasury (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); treasury (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); treasury (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); treasury (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); treasury (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); treasury (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); treasury (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); treasury (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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