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treasury, n.|ˈtrɛʒərɪ|
Forms: 3–5 tresorye, 3–6 -orie, 4–5 -oury(e, 4–6 -ory, 5 -owrye, -owri, 7 -ury; 5 tresurry, -ie, tressurry; 5–6 thresory(e; 5–7 treasorie, 6 -ory, -urye, 6–7 -urie, 6– treasury.
[ME. a. OF. tresorie (11th c. in Godef.), f. OF. tresor, treasure (after med.L. thesauria: see thesaury) + ie, -y.]
1. A room or building in which precious or valuable objects are preserved, esp. a place or receptacle for money or valuables (now Hist.); transf. the funds or revenue of a state or of a public or private corporation.
c1290Beket 2151 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 168 Þis luþere kniȝtes wenden a-non to is tresorie. c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 211 Jesus biheld how þe puple caste moneye into þis tresorie. 1464Coventry Leet Bk. 327 Þe remembrances of sich libertes as perteyned to Cheylesmore weron yn the Tresory of the Duch[y] of Lancastre. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 360 Mony..taken out of the common treasorie for the war. 1660F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 221 Gold..of her own proper treasury, and not her husbands. 1780Harris Philol. Enq. Wks. (1841) 484 There was no more left in his treasury than forty-seven pieces of silver, and one of gold. 1840Thackeray Barber Cox July, Lady de Sudley thought a fête at Beulah Spa..might bring a little money into its treasury. 1849Rock Ch. of Fathers i. v. (1903) I. 287 In the treasury of the Cathedral at Aix-la-Chapelle there is a fine, whole, uncut chasuble.
2. fig. A repository of ‘treasures’; a thesaurus; a ‘treasure-house’, ‘storehouse’.
c1384Chaucer H. Fame ii. 16 In the tresorye hyt shette Of my brayn. 1535Coverdale Job xxxviii. 22 Wentest thou euer in to the treasuries off the snowe, or hast thou sene y⊇ secrete places of the hale? 1673True Worship God 61 The abundance of Divine Knowledg contained in the rich Treasury of Gods Word. 1772Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) I. Ded. 6 Value the scriptures, as a treasury of divine knowledge. 1861Palgrave (title) The Golden Treasury of English Songs. 1879P. Brooks Influence Jesus iv. 209 Almost all men appropriate out of the great treasury of the language certain words which they make their own.
3. a. (Now with cap. initial.) The department of state which controls the collection, management, and expenditure of the public revenue; spec. that of the United Kingdom; also that of the United States.
In the United Kingdom, the office of Lord High Treasurer is now discharged by the Board of Lords Commissioners, the First Lord of the Treasury (who is now always the Prime Minister), the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and junior Lords not more than five in number, who act as party whips. The actual head of the department is the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is assisted in his duties by the Financial Secretary in the House of Commons, and by the Permanent Secretary and his staff in the Treasury.
All money raised by taxation or otherwise accruing to the Government is paid into the Consolidated Fund, the Exchequer account at the Bank of England. Money cannot be paid out of this account without requisitions and orders from the Treasury, authorized by votes of the House of Commons, and sanctioned by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
c1383in Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. (1911) 742 Neiþir prelatis neiþir preestis..shulden han seculer officis, þat is chauncerie, tresorie, priuy seal, & oþere siche seculer officis in þe chekir. 1642, etc. [see lord n. 11]. 1695in Calr. Treas. Pap. I. Pref. 17 The King was graciously pleased to bestow on mee the place of Secretary to the Treasury. 1769Junius Lett. xii. (1770) 58 With this precedent..every county in England, under the auspices of the treasury, may be represented as completely as the county of Middlesex. 1787Constit. U.S. Art. i. §9 No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law. 1827Hallam Const. Hist. (1876) III. xv. 112 They saw Godolphin..still in the treasury. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iii. I. 309 The lord treasurer..had eight thousand a year, and, when the treasury was in commission, the junior lords had sixteen hundred a year each. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. i. xvii. (1889) I. 172 In the United States the Secretary of the Treasury sends annually to Congress a report containing a statement of the national income and expenditure. 1911Maitland Const. Hist. 409 Nothing whatever can be done which involves the expenditure of public money without the consent of the Treasury.
b. The building where the Treasury Commissioners transact business; formerly also Treasury Office.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Treasury,..also the Treasury-Office. 1815Wraxall Hist. Mem. (1904) 483 The daily Newspapers..represented Lord Shelburne..advancing under cover of the night, to blow up the Treasury. 1879Whitaker's Almanac 302/2 Government Offices..Admiralty, Horse Guards, Treasury, War Office.
c. pl. Treasury bills.
1922Daily Tel. 12 June 2/1 New secondhand Treasuries were dealt in at 21/4 per cent. 1930Daily Express 6 Oct. 14/4 The banks bought short-dated Treasuries at 2 per cent.
4. Theatr. slang. The weekly payment of a company of actors.
1885Diary of Actress 132 The engagement turned out as I feared, no money. They said Treasury would be at night, but there was nothing. 1885J. K. Jerome On the Stage 159 On Saturday, we came to the theatre at twelve for treasury. The Captain was not there... He would be back by the evening..and treasury would take place after the performance. 1892Daily News 8 Nov. 5/1 We must never lose sight of the fact that he had to provide ‘treasury’ at the week's end.
†5. = treasure n. 1. Obs.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 7832 He het dele ek poueremen Muche of is tresorie. Ibid. 8431 Þis cristinemen so wel astored nere Of armes ne of tresorie. 13..[see treasure n. 1]. c1440Alphabet of Tales 196 Þe bisshop askid hym if he had fon any tresurrie. 1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, i. iii. 134 Thy sumptuous Buildings, and thy Wiues Attyre Haue cost a masse of publique Treasurie. 1609Daniel Civ. Wars viii. xlv, As he, who hauing found great Treasury. 1672Cave Prim. Chr. iii. ii. (1673) 254 To impart the Treasuries of the Gospel.
6. attrib. and Comb., as treasury board, treasury certificate, treasury-chamber, treasury-chest, treasury-door, treasury office, treasury-vault; treasury-bench, the front bench on the right hand of the Speaker in the House of Commons, occupied by the Prime Minister (the first Lord of the Treasury), and other members of the Government; treasury-bill, an instrument of credit, usually drawn for 3 or 6 months, issued by authority of Parliament to the highest bidder, when money is temporarily needed by the Commissioners of the Treasury; treasury-bond, an exchequer bond; treasury chest fund (now Hist.), a banking account not exceeding {pstlg}1,000,000 from which advances are made for the public service at distant stations, accounted for and repaid by the departments concerned; Treasury Department, in the U.S. government, the finance department under the Secretary of the Treasury; treasury lord, one of the commissioners of the Treasury; treasury letter, a ‘whip’ issued by the government to its supporters in parliament; treasury minute, an administrative regulation for any department under the Treasury; treasury note, (a) chiefly U.S., a demand note issued by the Treasury Department, receivable as legal tender for all debts; = currency note s.v. currency 6; (b) = treasury letter; treasury tag = India tag s.v. India 6; formerly consisting of a length of lace with a blunt pin at one end which was secured through a socket at the other; treasury-warrant, a warrant or voucher issued by the Treasury for any sum disbursed by the exchequer.
1775F. E. Boscawen Let. 28 June in C. Aspinall-Oglander Admiral's Widow (1942) 64 Our cruel patriots..would willingly wade through blood, provided it led to the *Treasury Bench. 1785Rolliad (1790) 10 While on the Treasury-Bench you, Pitt, recline. 1882W. Cory Mod. Eng. Hist. ii. 482 The House of Commons [in 1835] did not show any wish to make the Prime Minister sit on its own Treasury Bench.
1797Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 198/1 If the advances on *treasury bills had been paid off when required. 1912Standard 20 Sept. 7/4 The offering by rival quarters of lines of Treasury bills cannot be helpful to Chinese credit.
1855London as it is to-day vii, The *Treasury Board holds its meetings here.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, *Treasury bond, a species of exchequer-bill.
1791Ann. Congress (1849) III. 1071 *Treasury certificates issued in exchange for loan office settlement certificates.
1852Grote Greece ii. lxxviii. X. 265 Thebes was commemorating her recent victory by the erection of a *treasury-chamber, and the dedication of pious offerings at Delphi.
1877Act 40 & 41 Vict. c. 45 §3 An account..showing the receipts and payments of the *Treasury Chest Fund, distinguishing those of the several Treasury chests. Ibid., The Treasury may employ the Treasury Chest Fund to make temporary advances for any public service..to be repaid out of money appropriated by Parliament to such service. 1896Westm. Gaz. 11 June 5/2 There was not a precedent for paying the expense of a military expedition out of the Treasury chest without such expedition having previously been sanctioned by Parliament.
1878T. L. Cuyler Pointed Papers 54 A plain, coarsely-clad man..is seated in the *treasury-court of the Temple at Jerusalem.
1784Jrnls. Congress 7 May, To revise the institution of the *treasury department. 1789Ann. Congress 19 May (1834) I. 385 Mr. Madison moved..that there shall be a Treasury Department. 1892A. B. Hart Form. of Union 144 In establishing the Treasury Department a strong effort was made to create a Secretary of the Treasury as an agent of Congress.
1663Bp. Hopkins Serm. Vanity (1685) 87 A seal set upon the *Treasury-door which none can break or violate.
1866Felton Anc. & Mod. Gr. II. ii. iii. 298 He became a receiver of the public revenues, and acquired the name of *treasury-eater.
1778H. Walpole Last Jrnls. II. 299 Not content with the usual *Treasury letters, Lord North issued a second batch, signed by himself, earnestly pressing attendance.
1756in S. M. Hamilton Lett. to Washington (1898) I. 202 Who is hereby required to pay the same in *Treasury Notes, to be emmitted by Virtue of the said Act of Assembly. 1812Act of Congress 20 June, Treasury notes shall be every where received in payment of all duties and taxes laid by the authority of the United States. 1815Deb. in Congress 8 Dec. (1854) 1626 Having thus absorbed a portion of the Treasury note debt..the Secretary of the Treasury proceeded to assign funds for the payment of the Treasury notes. 1820Kaleidoscope 25 July 30/1 Or (summoned by a Treasury-note) Night after night to sit and vote. 1899Westm. Gaz. 24 Jan. 2/3 ‘Treasury Notes’ are recognised by the student of our political history as the earliest form of Parliamentary ‘Whips’. 1903Porritt Unref. Ho. Comm. I. xxv. 509 The circulars issued by the administration to its supporters became known as treasury notes in the reign of George III. 1923A. Huxley Antic Hay iii. 50 It was with reluctance that Gumbril parted from his Treasury notes. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 103/2 Treasury note, government security, usually marketable, with maturity ranging from one to five years.
1812Sporting Mag. XXXIX. 177 The danger I should be exposed to..if I disclosed their instructions, or the *Treasury-Orders.
1912,1963*Treasury tag [see India tag s.v. India 6]. 1975‘M. Sinclair’ Long Time Sleeping iv. 48 A little tray of pins, paperclips and little bits of coloured string known as Treasury tags.
1661Wood Life 1 Apr. (O.H.S.) I. 389 They conveyed themselves thro the cellar dore next to the *treasury-vault, locked it, and one of them put the key into his pocket.
1834Macaulay Ess., Thackeray's Hist. Chatham (1887) 319 Legge, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, refused to sign the *Treasury warrants which were necessary to give effect to the treaties. 1863H. Cox Instit. iii. vii. 681 The Treasury warrant authorized the drawing an order upon the Tellers of the Exchequer.
Hence ˈtreasury v. (nonce-wd.), in pass. to be honoured by the Treasury.
1855Dickens Dorrit xxxiii, He was..Treasuried, Barred and Bishoped, as much as he would. |