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treas⋅ur⋅y

  [trezh-uh-ree]
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–noun, plural -ur⋅ies.
1. a place where the funds of the government, of a corporation, or the like are deposited, kept, and disbursed.
2. funds or revenue of a government, public or private corporation, etc.
3. (initial capital letter) the department of government that has control over the collection, management, and disbursement of the public revenue.
4. a building, room, chest, or other place for the preservation of treasure or valuable objects.
5. a collection or supply of excellent or highly prized writings, works of art, etc.: a treasury of American poetry.
6. Treasuries, Informal. Treasury bills, bonds, and notes.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME tresorie < OF. See treasure, -y 3
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treas·ur·y   (trězh'ə-rē)   
n.   pl. treas·ur·ies
  1. A place in which treasure is kept.
    1. A place in which private or public funds are received, kept, managed, and disbursed.
    2. Such funds or revenues.
    3. The department of a government in charge of the collection, management, and expenditure of the public revenue.
    4. A security, such as a note, issued by the U.S. Treasury.
  3. A collection of literary or artistic treasures: a treasury of English verse.
  4. Treasury
    1. The department of a government in charge of the collection, management, and expenditure of the public revenue.
    2. A security, such as a note, issued by the U.S. Treasury.

[Middle English tresorie, from Old French, from tresor, treasure; see treasure.]
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Treasury

Treas"ur*y\, n.; pl. Treasuries. [OE. tresorie, F. tr['e]sorerie.]

1. 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.

2. That department of a government which has charge of the finances.

3. A repository of abundance; a storehouse.

4. Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, " Maunder's Treasury of Botany."

5. A treasure. [Obs.] --Marston.

Board of treasury, the board to which is intrusted the management of all matters relating to the sovereign's civil list or other revenues. [Eng.] --Brande & C.

Treasury bench, the first row of seats on the right hand of the Speaker in the House of Commons; -- so called because occupied by the first lord of the treasury and chief minister of the crown. [Eng.]

Treasury lord. See Lord high treasurer of England, under Treasurer. [Eng.]

Treasury note (U. S. Finance), a circulating note or bill issued by government authority from the Treasury Department, and receivable in payment of dues to the government.
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treasury 
c.1290, "room for treasure," from O.Fr. tresorie (11c.), from tresor (see treasure). Meaning "department of state that controls public revenue" is recorded from c.1383.
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Main Entry: trea·sury
Pronunciation: 'tre-zh&-rE, 'trA-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -sur·ies
1 a : a place in which stores of wealth are kept b : the place of deposit and disbursement of collected funds; especially : one where public revenues are deposited, kept, and disbursed c : funds kept in such a depository
2 cap a : a governmental department in charge of finances and esp. the collection, management, and expenditure of public revenues b : the building in which the business of such a governmental department is transacted
3 cap : a government security (as a note or bill) issued by the Treasury
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Treasury

(Matt. 27:6; Mark 12:41; John 8:20). It does not appear that there was a separate building so called. The name was given to the thirteen brazen chests, called "trumpets," from the form of the opening into which the offerings of the temple worshippers were put. These stood in the outer "court of the women." "Nine chests were for the appointed money-tribute and for the sacrifice-tribute, i.e., money-gifts instead of the sacrifices; four chests for freewill-offerings for wood, incense, temple decoration, and burnt-offerings" (Lightfoot's Hor. Heb.).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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