treasury

n., pl., -ies.

1. A place in which treasure is kept.
2. 1. A place in which private or public funds are received, kept, managed, and disbursed.
   2. Such funds or revenues.
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.]

noun

A place where one keeps one's valuables: treasure house. See keep/release.

1. Room or building in which precious objects are preserved.

2. Building housing the Department of State collecting and managing public revenue.

The subdivision of a government, corporation, or other entity that is responsible for its financial affairs. The United States Department of the Treasury includes the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the United States Customs Service, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the Bureau of Government Financial Operations, the Internal Revenue Service, the Bureau of the Mint, the Bureau of the Public Debt, the United States Savings Bond Division, and the United States Secret Service. The basic functions of the Department of the Treasury are to develop and propose national and international economic and tax policies; to serve as the government's financial agent, to collect taxes, to disburse funds, and to manage the public debt; to produce currency and coins; and to enforce specific groups of laws.

IN BRIEF: The federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances.

The riches of a kingdom do not consist so much in the fullness of its treasury as in the fertility of its soil and the industry of its people. — Unknown

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skatkammer, finanshovedkasse, finansministerium

Nederlands (Dutch)
ministerie van financiën (ongeveer), schatkamer, schatkist

Français (French)
n. - trésorerie, Trésor, musée, (fig) trésor

Deutsch (German)
n. - Staatskasse, Schatzkammer, Schatztruhe, Schatzamt, Finanzverwaltung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Βρετ.) Υπουργείο Θησαυροφυλακίου, θησαυροφυλάκιο, Δημόσιο Ταμείο, Υπουργείο Οικονομικών

Italiano (Italian)
tesoro, fisco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tesouraria (f)

Русский (Russian)
казначейство, казна, собрание стихов

Español (Spanish)
n. - erario, hacienda, tesoro, fisco, tesorería

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kassa, skattkammare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
国库, 国库券, 宝库

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 國庫, 國庫券, 寶庫

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 보고, 국고, 기금

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 国庫, 公庫, 基金, 宝庫, 宝典, 財務省, 大蔵省

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مال, أموال, خزانه, خزينه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גזברות, בית-אוצר, קופה, אוצר, משרד האוצר‬

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