Treasury

Word TREASURY
Character 8
Hyphenation treas ur y
Pronunciations /ˈtɹɛʒəɹi/

Definitions and meanings of "Treasury"

What do we mean by treasury?

A place in which treasure is kept. noun

A place in which private or public funds are received, kept, managed, and disbursed. noun

Such funds or revenues. noun

A collection of literary or artistic treasures. noun

The department of a government in charge of the collection, management, and expenditure of the public revenue. noun

A debt security, such as a bond, issued by the US Treasury. noun

A house, room, or chest where treasure is laid up. noun

Figuratively, that wherein something precious is stored or secured; a repository. noun

Specifically, a place where the public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the expenses of government; also, a place where the funds of an incorporated company or private society are deposited and disbursed. noun

A department of government which has control over the collection, management, and expenditure of the public revenue. See Department of the Treasury, under department. noun

The officers of the British treasury department. noun

A name given to a class of subterranean monuments consisting usually of a solid structure of masonry, of domical form, often with pseudo-vaulting in horizontal courses, either wholly underground or covered with a tumulus. noun

Treasure. noun

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. noun

That department of a government which has charge of the finances. noun

A repository of abundance; a storehouse. noun

Hence, a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like; a thesaurus.” noun

A treasure. noun

A place where treasure is stored safely.

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

A collection of artistic or literary works.

A treasure.

(FINANCE) bonds issued by the treasury of a country. In the USA, the US Department of the Treasury serves as the underwriter for the federal government; it floats bonds and short term securities ("paper"), which is then used by central banks around the world as hot money. Includes --the t-bill: short term (>91 days); discounted --the treasury note: up to 10 years; coupons --the treasury bond: longer than 20 years; coupons Urban Dictionary

Silly bits of string and plastic designed primarily to keep bundles of paper together as an alternative to the much more sensible and readily available staple. Secondary purpose to panic and annoy students who didn't read the essay submission guidelines, which specify that these demons of the stationary realm must be used. Urban Dictionary

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The word "treasury" in example sentences

You might consider that a routine job requirement for the secretary of the treasury is a willingness to claim that government bonds are a good investment even when he knows they are not. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Their defense: “We won the election, so the treasury is ours.” ❋ Unknown (2005)

They put him at last into a dungeon underground, which they called the treasury, a place into which there came no air nor light from abroad; and, which, having no doors, was closed with a great stone. ❋ Plutarch (2003)

If the treasury is actually borrowing money we are beyond fucked. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What's more, not only have many of the bailed-out banks paid back their loans, the U.S. treasury is about to get a 33% profit on its stake in Citiback as they sell off some of thier shares. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The treasury is thus another place available for visitors of Petrov, beside Romance crypt and two towers that offer view of the city (from the southern tower) and of Pálava hills (northern one). ❋ Unknown (2009)

For example, when we realize that our collective treasury is being used to keep people healthy, we will begin to restrict the activity of those in society that engage in activities that we collectively deem as unhealthy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The T.A.R.P. money that's returned to the treasury is supposed to be used for retiring our debt, or not allowing our debt to continue to rise, as it has been. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In other words, the treasury is legally obligated to provide the money to pay the benefits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If they are, why are there MM funds that invest only in treasury securities? ❋ Unknown (2009)

It has to repay some short-term treasury bills in the next couple of months, but they are mostly held by domestic banks in whose interest it will be to roll them over rather than trigger a default. ❋ Geoffrey T. Smith (2011)

To finance its deficits, the federal government began selling short-term treasury bills called GKOs. ❋ Daniel Treisman (2011)

The treasury is empty except for the IOU's to China. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That ought to generate inflation plus 3%, if held in treasury securities. 3% of 33% of GDP works out to about 1% of GDP available to supplement FICA tax revenue to cover benefits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Moreover, since the US treasury is assumed to have virtually zero default risk and thus borrows at the risk-free rate, the nominal rate should be the time value of the money (the real rate) plus the nominal inflation rate, which pegs the inflation expectation the CBPP is using at near 5%. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Soros called on the authorities to adopt a plan pioneered by the late Italian central banker Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa , under which the European Financial Stability Facility would buy short-term treasury bills at low interest rates from countries with troublesome debt burdens. ❋ Geoffrey T. Smith (2012)

And where's the money going to come from to invest in new ways to increase drinkable water when all of our money in the treasury is being spent on wars, tax incentives for the corporations, bailouts, and social programs for a part of our society that the corporations basically see as dead and useless weight ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

Treasury securities are the main [instrument] of [monetary policy] by the [Federal Reserve System]. ❋ Abu Yahya (2010)

Guidelines: [Treasury tags] should be used instead of staples, for absolutely no reason but to [peeve] you. Student: Curse you, petty and [pedantic] guidelines! ❋ Judy Jonesy (2013)

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