| Politics: Department of the Treasury |
A department of the federal executive branch; it includes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Department of the Treasury has general responsibility for setting federal fiscal policy by collecting taxes and customs duties, administering the public debt, keeping all government accounts, minting currency, and licensing ships engaged in international and interstate commerce. The Department of the Treasury administers the Secret Service.
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| WordNet: Department of the Treasury |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789
Synonyms: Treasury Department, Treasury
 | Internal Revenue Service (Politics) |
| TD (abbreviation) |
| Treasury Department (business term) |
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 | Politics. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved. Read more |
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