Standard Lemma guide

treasury

name · noun · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈtɹɛʒ.ə.ɹi/
  • US: /ˈtɹɛʒ.ɚ.i/
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1

name

Meaning 1

Any specific instance of a government department responsible for the collection, management, and expenditure of public revenue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • as reported to the Treasury and to Parliament
  • aspects of customs work that were formerly under Treasury and are nowadays under Homeland Security

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Exchequer

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A place where treasure is stored safely.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A place where state or royal money and valuables are stored.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Ellipsis of treasury department.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: government

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Ellipsis of treasury bond.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Ellipsis of digital-asset treasury company.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A collection of artistic or literary works.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A treasure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A bond (security) issued by such a department, in particular the United States Department of the Treasury.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural, often

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: treasury bond

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: depository, deposit, depositary, repository

11

noun

Meaning 11

the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: government department

12

noun

Meaning 12

the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department, United States Treasury

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: executive department

13

noun

Meaning 13

the British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: First Lord of the Treasury

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cabinet minister

14

noun

Meaning 14

the funds of a government or institution or individual

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exchequer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource

Narrower terms: public treasury, trough, till, bursary, subtreasury, fisc

15

noun

Meaning 15

negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Treasury obligations

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: government bond

Narrower terms: Treasury bill, T-bill, Treasury bond, Treasury note

History

Etymology

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

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.

Across languages

Translations

159 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 國庫 /国库 (guókù) — department responsible for management of public revenue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 財政部 /财政部 (cáizhèngbù) — department responsible for management of public revenue
  • Finnish: valtiovarainministeriö — department responsible for management of public revenue
  • Polish: Skarb Państwa — department responsible for management of public revenue
  • Portuguese: tesouro — department responsible for management of public revenue
  • Southern Altai: казына (kazïna) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Arabic: خَزِينَة (ḵazīna) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Armenian: գանձարան (ganjaran) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Belarusian: ска́рбніца (skárbnica) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Belarusian: казна́ (kazná) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Belarusian: скарб (skarb) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Bulgarian: съкро́вищница (sǎkróvištnica) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Bulgarian: трезо́р (trezór) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Bulgarian: хазна́ (hazná) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Catalan: tresoreria — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Chinese Mandarin: 金庫 /金库 (jīnkù) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Czech: klenotnice — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Czech: pokladnice — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Danish: skattekammer — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Dutch: schatkist — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Dutch: schatkamer — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Egyptian: pr-HD-pr (pr-ḥḏ) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Esperanto: trezorejo — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Finnish: aarrekammio — place where treasure is stored safely
  • French: trésorerie — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Galician: tesouraría — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Galician: tesouro — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Georgian: საგანძური (saganʒuri) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • German: Schatzkammer — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Hindi: कोश (koś) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Hindi: कोषागार (koṣāgār) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Hungarian: kincstár — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Indonesian: perbendaharaan — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Italian: tesoreria — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Japanese: 金庫 (kinko) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Korean: 금고 (geumgo) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Macedonian: ри́зница (ríznica) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Macedonian: тре́зор (trézor) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Malayalam: കലവറ (kalavaṟa) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Middle English: tresorie — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Old English: māþmhūs — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Dari: گَنْجِینَه (ganjīna) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Iranian Persian: گَنْجینِه (ganjine) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Plautdietsch: Schauzkoma — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Polish: skarbiec — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Polish: skarbnica — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Portuguese: tesouraria — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Russian: казна́ (kazná) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Russian: сокро́вищница (sokróviščnica) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Serbo-Croatian: рѝзница — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Serbo-Croatian: ха̏зна — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Serbo-Croatian: трѐзо̄р — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Serbo-Croatian: rìznica — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Serbo-Croatian: hȁzna — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Serbo-Croatian: trèzōr — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Slovak: klenotnica — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Slovene: zakladnica — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Spanish: tesorería — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Swahili: hazina — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Swedish: skattkammare — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Tagalog: ingatang-yaman — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Telugu: కోశాగారము (kōśāgāramu) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Ottoman Turkish: خزینه (hazine) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Ukrainian: скарбни́ця (skarbnýcja) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Ukrainian: скарбо́на (skarbóna) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Ukrainian: казна́ (kazná) — place where treasure is stored safely
  • Southern Altai: казына (kazïna) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Arabic: خَزِينَة (ḵazīna) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Armenian: գանձարան (ganjaran) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Azerbaijani: xəzinə — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Belarusian: ска́рбніца (skárbnica) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Belarusian: казна́ (kazná) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Belarusian: скарб (skarb) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Bulgarian: ковче́жничество (kovčéžničestvo) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Bulgarian: трезо́р (trezór) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Bulgarian: хазна́ (hazná) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Catalan: tresoreria — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Chinese Cantonese: 國庫 /国库 (gwok3 fu3) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Chinese: 國庫 /国库 (kok-khò͘) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國庫 /国库 (guókù) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Czech: pokladna — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Danish: statskasse — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Dutch: schatkist — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Dutch: schatkamer — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Egyptian: pr-HD-pr (pr-ḥḏ) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Finnish: valtion kassa — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • French: trésorerie — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Galician: tesouraría — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Georgian: ხაზინა (xazina) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • German: Schatzkammer — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Greek: θησαυροφυλάκιο (thisavrofylákio) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Ancient Greek: θησαυροφυλάκιον (thēsaurophulákion) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Ancient Greek: ταμιεῖον (tamieîon) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Ancient Greek: γάζα (gáza) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Hindi: ख़ज़ाना (xazānā) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Hindi: राजकोष (rājkoṣ) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Hindi: कोश (koś) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Hungarian: államkincstár — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Indonesian: perbendaharaan — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Italian: tesoreria — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Japanese: 国庫 (kokko) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Kazakh: қазына (qazyna) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Korean: 국고 (gukgo) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Kyrgyz: казына (kazına) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Latin: aerārium — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Macedonian: тре́зор (trézor) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Malayalam: ഖജനാവ് (khajanāvŭ) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Middle English: tresorie — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Norwegian Bokmål: statskasse — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Old English: māþmhūs — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Iranian Persian: خِزانِهداری (xezâne-dâri) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Iranian Persian: خِزانِه (xezâne) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Iranian Persian: بِیتُ ٱلْمال (beyto l-mâl) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Plautdietsch: Kauss — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Polish: skarbiec — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Portuguese: tesouro — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Romanian: tezaur de stat — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Romanian: trezorerie — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Romanian: vistierie — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Russian: казна́ (kazná) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Russian: казначе́йство (kaznačéjstvo) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Slovak: pokladňa — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Slovak: pokladnica — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Slovene: zakladnica — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Spanish: tesorería — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Spanish: erario — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Swahili: hazina — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Tagalog: ingatang-yaman — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Tajik: хазина (xazina) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Turkish: hazine — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Ottoman Turkish: خزینه (hazine) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Turkmen: hazyna — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Ukrainian: скарбни́ця (skarbnýcja) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Ukrainian: казна́ (kazná) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Urdu: خَزَانَہ (xazāna) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Uyghur: خەزىنە (xezine) — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Uzbek: xazina — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Vietnamese: kho bạc — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Vietnamese: ngân khố — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Vietnamese: công khố — place where state or royal money and valuables are stored
  • Belarusian: ска́рбніца (skárbnica) — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Bulgarian: съкро́вищница (sǎkróvištnica) — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寶庫 /宝库 (bǎokù) — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Finnish: runoaarteisto — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Hungarian: tárház — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Hungarian: kincsestár — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Indonesian: perbendaharaan — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Italian: tesoro — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Japanese: 宝庫 (hōko) — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Korean: 보고 (bogo) — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Malay: khazanah — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Persian: مجموعه (majmu'e) — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Persian: گنجینه (ganjine) — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Polish: skarb — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Romanian: tezaur — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Romanian: tezaur literar — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Russian: сокро́вищница (sokróviščnica) — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Spanish: tesoro — collection of artistic or literary works
  • Ukrainian: скарбни́ця (skarbnýcja) — collection of artistic or literary works
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