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Definition of Treasury
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Treasury
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. That department of a government which has charge of the finances. A repository of abundance; a storehouse. Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus; as, " Maunder's Treasury of Botany." A treasure. Related Definitions:
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Treasury Quotations
Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things. Marcus Tullius Cicero Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even. Will Rogers My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury. Merton Miller Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power. Harold Wilson The payments which have been made into the Treasury show the very productive state of the public revenue. James Monroe |
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Treasury Translations
treasury in German is Schatzamt, Schatzkammer treasury in Latin is thesaurus treasury in Swedish is skattkammare, finansdepartementet |
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