Legal Definition and Related Resources of Treasury

Literally, means a place where treasure is deposited. That department of the government in charge of receipt of all public monies and its disbursements.

That fiscal department of the government which controls the payments of the public money in accordance with the votes of the legislature.

noun

• accumulation
• aeranum
• bank
• bursary
• cache
• capital
• central money office
• coffer
• conservatory
• deposit
• depository
• depot
• exchequer
• fiscus
• fund
• place of deposit
• purse
• receptacle
• repertory
• repository
• reservatory
• reserve
• reserve fund
• safe
• store
• storehouse
• strongbox
• thesaurus
• till
• treasure house
• vault

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Treasury Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)

The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Treasury in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: A place where private or public funds are controlled.

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Treasury

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c. 1300, “room for treasure,” from Old French tresorie “treasury” (11c.), from tresor (see treasure; this term is also a noun.). Meaning “department of state that controls public revenue” is recorded from late 14c. An Old English word for “room for treasure” was ma_m-hus and for “treasury,” feo-hus (see fee).

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• Comptroller

Hierarchical Display of Treasury

Finance > Public finance and budget policy > Public finance
Finance > Public finance and budget policy > Public debt > Treasury bill
Finance > Financial institutions and credit > Financial institution > Post office financial services
Finance > Monetary economics > Monetary policy > Issuing of currency

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Translation of Treasury

• Spanish: Tesoro
• French: Trésor
• German: Staatskasse
• Italian: Tesoro
• Portuguese: Tesouro
• Polish: Skarb Pa&nacute;stwa

Thesaurus of Treasury

Finance > Public finance and budget policy > Public finance > Treasury
Finance > Public finance and budget policy > Public debt > Treasury bill > Treasury
Finance > Financial institutions and credit > Financial institution > Post office financial services > Treasury
Finance > Monetary economics > Monetary policy > Issuing of currency > Treasury

See also

• Treasury bill
• Post office financial services
• Issuing of currency