treasuryn.
/ˈtrɛʒəri/ 1. A room or building in which precious or valuable objects are preserved, esp. a place or receptacle for money or valuables (now Historical); transferred the funds or revenue of a state or of a public or private corporation.
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society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun]
treasuryc1290
coffer1377
treasure1426
hoard-housec1440
treasure-house1486
thesaurhouse1488
thesaurer house1489
thesaurary house1495
gold housea1500
thesaurary1592
reconditory1633
thesaurya1639
thesaurus1823
chancery1842
trove1976
society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > of a corporation or institution
treasury1560
University Chest?1625
chest1662
exposure1975
c1290 Beket 2151 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 168 Þis luþere kniȝtes wenden a-non to is tresorie.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 211 Jesus biheld how þe puple caste moneye into þis tresorie.
1464 Coventry Leet Bk. 327 Þe remembrances of sich libertes as perteyned to Cheylesmore weron yn the Tresory of the Duch[y] of Lancastre.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclx Mony..taken out of the common treasorie for the war.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 221 Gold..of her own proper treasury, and not her husbands.
a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) iii. vi. 344 There was no more left in his treasury, than forty seven pieces of silver, and one of gold.
1840 W. M. Thackeray Barber Cox in Comic Almanack 28 Lady de Sudley thought a fête at Beulah Spa..might bring a little money into its treasury.
1849 D. Rock Church of our Fathers (1903) I. i. v. 287 In the treasury of the Cathedral at Aix-la-Chapelle there is a fine, whole, uncut chasuble.
2. figurative. A repository of ‘treasures’; a thesaurus; a ‘treasure-house’, ‘storehouse’.
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the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > of valued things
treasuryc1384
jewel house1549
chequer1597
exchequer1619
chest1662
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame ii. 16 In the tresorye hyt shette Of my brayn.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxxviii. 22 Wentest thou euer in to the treasuries off the snowe, or hast thou sene ye secrete places of the hale?
1673 True Notion Worship of God 61 The abundance of Divine Knowledg contained in the rich Treasury of Gods Word.
1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. I. Ded. p. ix Value the scriptures, as a treasury of divine knowledge.
1861 Palgrave (title) The Golden Treasury of English Songs.
1879 P. Brooks Infl. of 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 capital 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.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > department managing public money
treasuryc1383
exchequera1420
chequer1425
chequer-chambera1513
fiscal1590
fisc1599
fiscus1650
c1383 in 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 C. Vernon Considerations Excheqver 54 Lords Commissioners of the Treasury.
1695 in Calr. Treas. Pap. I. Pref. 17 The King was graciously pleased to bestow on mee the place of Secretary to the Treasury.
1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xi. 69 With this precedent..every county in England, under the auspices of the treasury, may be represented as completely as the county of Middlesex.
1787 Constit. U.S. Art. i. §9 No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law.
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xv. 458 They saw Godolphin..still in the treasury.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 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.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xvii. 235 In the United States the Secretary of the Treasury sends annually to Congress a report containing a statement of the national income and expenditure.
1911 Maitland 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.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > department managing public money > building
chamber1411
common chamber1579
treasury1706
sub-treasury1833
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > with specific responsibility > English or British
admiralty1459
ordnance1485
Navy Office1660
navy board1681
patent office1696
excise-office1698
Treasury Office1706
Plantation Office1708
stamp office1710
War Office1721
India Office1787
home office1795
Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues1803
the Stamps1820
Welsh Office1852
W.O.1860
Local Government Board1871
pall-mall1880
Scottish Office1883
Ministry of Munitions1915
War House1925
Min of Ag1946
Mintech1967
DOE1972
Manpower Services Commission1973
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Treasury,..also the Treasury-Office.
1815 N. W. Wraxall Hist. Mem. (1904) 483 The daily Newspapers..represented Lord Shelburne..advancing under cover of the night, to blow up the Treasury.
1879 Whitaker's Almanack 302/2 Government Offices..Admiralty, Horse Guards, Treasury, War Office.
c. plural. Treasury bills.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > other promissory notes or bills
warrant1433
assignmentc1460
policy1623
navy bill1679
redraft1682
tally of pro1691
bank bill1694
bank seal bill1696
chequer-bill1697
assignation1704
chequer-note1705
mint bill1707
transport debenture1707
transport-bill1710
loan-bill1722
treasury note1756
tin bill1778
treasury-bill1798
rescription1800
short bill1808
treasury-warrant1834
sight bill1853
short-paper1912
treasuries1922
T.B.1936
T.D.R.1948
T-Bill1982
1922 Daily Tel. 12 June 2/1 New secondhand Treasuries were dealt in at 2¼ per cent.
1932 Daily Tel. 8 Oct. 2/6 This week's ‘hot’ Treasuries offered at ¾ p.c. found buyers.
4. Theatrical slang. The weekly payment of a company of actors.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > fee for services rendered > [noun] > fee of professional person > money paid to actors or entertainers
playhouse pay1790
treasury1885
1885 Diary of Actress viii. 132 The engagement turned out as I feared, no money. They said Treasury would be at night, but there was nothing.
1885 J. K. Jerome On 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.
1892 Daily News 8 Nov. 5/1 We must never lose sight of the fact that he had to provide ‘treasury’ at the week's end.
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the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] > hoarded wealth > treasure
treasure1154
garrison1297
treasury1297
scat1481
thesaur1491
costliness1535
wealth-store1891
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7832 He het dele ek poueremen Muche of is tresorie.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8431 Þis cristinemen so wel astored nere Of armes ne of tresorie.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 24807 Wit tresori [Vesp. triffor] his schip was diht.
c1440 Alphabet of Tales 196 Þe bisshop askid hym if he had fon any tresurrie.
1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) viii. xlv. 215 As he, who, hauing found great Treasury.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 134 Thy sumptuous Buildings, and thy Wiues Attyre Haue cost a masse of publique Treasurie.
1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity iii. ii. 254 To impart the Treasuries of the Gospel.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
treasury board n.
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1780 Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. LVI. 94 I wrote to the Treasury board.
1855 London as it is To-day vii The Treasury Board holds its meetings here.
treasury certificate n.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > receipt > types of
bill of lading1599
note1601
bill of loading1626
tally1626
bank receipt1699
subscription receipt1720
treasury certificate1791
warrant1825
tally of sol1843
stock receipt1901
1791 Ann. Congress (1849) III. 1071 Treasury certificates issued in exchange for loan office settlement certificates.
treasury-chamber n.
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society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > treasure-chamber
aumbry1356
treasure-chambera1547
vestry1574
treasury-vault1661
strongroom1676
treasure-vault1813
safety vault1833
treasury-chamber1852
treasure-room1880
1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxviii. 265 Thebes was commemorating her recent victory by the erection of a treasury-chamber, and the dedication of pious offerings at Delphi.
treasury-chest n.
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society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > of a sovereign or state
exchequer1565
fiscal1590
fisc1599
finances1656
the public purse1659
public finance1676
Consolidated Fund1753
federal fund1836
money supply1871
treasury-chest1877
Federal Reserve1913
Fed1942
monetary aggregate1946
1877 Act 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.
1896 Westm. 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.
treasury court n.
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1878 T. L. Cuyler Pointed Papers 54 A plain, coarsely-clad man..is seated in the treasury-court of the Temple at Jerusalem.
treasury-door n.
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1663 Bp. E. Hopkins Serm. Vanity (1685) 87 A seal set upon the Treasury-door which none can break or violate.
treasury-eater n.
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1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 298 He became a receiver of the public revenues, and acquired the name of treasury-eater.
treasury office n.
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Treasury,..also the Treasury-Office.
treasury order n.
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1812 Sporting Mag. 39 177 The danger I should be exposed to..if I disclosed their instructions, or the Treasury-Orders.
treasury-vault n.
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society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > treasure-chamber
aumbry1356
treasure-chambera1547
vestry1574
treasury-vault1661
strongroom1676
treasure-vault1813
safety vault1833
treasury-chamber1852
treasure-room1880
1661 A. Wood Life & Times (1891) 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.
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treasury-bench n. 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.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > place of > occupied by lower house > parts of
table?1572
treasury-bench1775
side gallery1778
ladies' gallery1815
ventilator1822
pairing desk1899
1775 F. 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.
1785 Rolliad (1790) 10 While on the Treasury-Bench you, Pitt, recline.
1882 W. Cory Guide 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.
treasury-bill n. 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.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > other promissory notes or bills
warrant1433
assignmentc1460
policy1623
navy bill1679
redraft1682
tally of pro1691
bank bill1694
bank seal bill1696
chequer-bill1697
assignation1704
chequer-note1705
mint bill1707
transport debenture1707
transport-bill1710
loan-bill1722
treasury note1756
tin bill1778
treasury-bill1798
rescription1800
short bill1808
treasury-warrant1834
sight bill1853
short-paper1912
treasuries1922
T.B.1936
T.D.R.1948
T-Bill1982
1798 New Ann. Reg. 1797 Brit. & Foreign Hist. 145/2 If the advances on treasury bills had been paid off when required.
1912 Standard 20 Sept. 7/4 The offering by rival quarters of lines of Treasury bills cannot be helpful to Chinese credit.
treasury-bond n. an exchequer bond.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > bond > types of bond
government securities1707
Sword-blade bond1707
long bond1720
government paper1774
indent1788
premium bond1820
active1835
preference bond1848
investment bond1853
mortgage bond1853
revenue bond1853
municipal bond1858
treasury-bond1858
sices1867
property bond1869
government1870
priority bond1884
municipal1888
income bonds1889
yearling1889
war baby1901
Liberty Bond1917
Liberty Loan1917
victory bond1917
corporate1922
performance bond1938
convertible1957
Eurobond1966
Euroconvertible1968
managed bond1972
muni1973
granny bond1976
bulldog bond1980
Euro1981
granny1981
strip1982
zero1982
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Treasury bond, a species of exchequer-bill.
treasury chest fund n. now Historical a banking account not exceeding £1,000,000 from which advances are made for the public service at distant stations, accounted for and repaid by the departments concerned.
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society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > for other purposes
alms purse1530
privy purse1565
sinking fund1717
stakea1744
pension fund1757
spare-chest1769
road fund1784
revolving fund1793
community chest1796
provident fund1817
sustentation fund1837
wages-fund1848
slush fund1874
treasury chest fund1877
fall money1883
jackpot1884
provision1895
war chest1901
juice1935
fighting fund1940
structural fund1967
appeal fund1976
1877 Act 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.
1877 Act 40 & 41 Vict. c. 45 §3 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.
Treasury Department n. in the U.S. government, the finance department under the Secretary of the Treasury.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > department managing public money > in U.S.
Treasury Department1784
sub-treasury1833
1784 Jrnls. Congress 7 May To revise the institution of the treasury department.
1789 Congress Reg. 1 350 Mr. Madison moved..that there shall be a treasury department.
1892 A. 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.
treasury letter n. a ‘whip’ issued by the government to its supporters in parliament.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > whipping > note summoning party M.P.s
treasury note1756
treasury letter1778
whip1879
1778 H. Walpole Last Jrnls. II. 299 Not content with the usual Treasury letters, Lord North issued a second batch, signed by himself, earnestly pressing attendance.
treasury lord n. one of the commissioners of the Treasury.
treasury minute n. an administrative regulation for any department under the Treasury.
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1817 Tierney in Parl. Deb. 768 That committee, by a Treasury minute of the 5th of April, 1816, was required to examine and report what offices had been created since the year 1793.
1852 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation (ed. 2) ii. v. 230 This fraudulent practice has been indirectly legitimated by a Treasury Minute of the 4th of August, 1840.
treasury note n. (a) chiefly U.S., a demand note issued by the Treasury Department, receivable as legal tender for all debts; = currency note n. at currency n. Compounds 3; (b) = treasury letter.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > other promissory notes or bills
warrant1433
assignmentc1460
policy1623
navy bill1679
redraft1682
tally of pro1691
bank bill1694
bank seal bill1696
chequer-bill1697
assignation1704
chequer-note1705
mint bill1707
transport debenture1707
transport-bill1710
loan-bill1722
treasury note1756
tin bill1778
treasury-bill1798
rescription1800
short bill1808
treasury-warrant1834
sight bill1853
short-paper1912
treasuries1922
T.B.1936
T.D.R.1948
T-Bill1982
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > whipping > note summoning party M.P.s
treasury note1756
treasury letter1778
whip1879
1756 in 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.
1812 Act 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.
1815 Deb. 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.
1820 H. Luttrell in Kaleidoscope 25 July 30/1 Or (summoned by a Treasury-note) Night after night to sit and vote.
1843 Illustr. London News 11 Mar. 169/3 Authority should be given to the proper department to re-issue Treasury notes.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 24 Jan. 2/3 ‘Treasury Notes’ are recognised by the student of our political history as the earliest form of Parliamentary ‘Whips’.
1903 Porritt 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.
1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay iii. 50 It was with reluctance that Gumbril parted from his Treasury notes.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 103/2 Treasury note, government security, usually marketable, with maturity ranging from one to five years.
treasury tag n. = India tag n. at India n. 2e; formerly consisting of a length of lace with a blunt pin at one end which was secured through a socket at the other.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > tag for securing papers
India tag1912
treasury tag1912
1912 List Articles Authorised to be Supplied by H.M.S.O. Tags, Treasury (Insertion), Tags, India (cross-bar).
1963 R. L. Collison Mod. Business Filing & Archives ii. 47 The documents are then secured to the file by what is known as a Treasury or India tag—i.e. a cord with a metal tag at each end.
1975 ‘M. Sinclair’ Long Time Sleeping iv. 48 A little tray of pins, paperclips and little bits of coloured string known as Treasury tags.
treasury-warrant n. a warrant or voucher issued by the Treasury for any sum disbursed by the exchequer.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > other promissory notes or bills
warrant1433
assignmentc1460
policy1623
navy bill1679
redraft1682
tally of pro1691
bank bill1694
bank seal bill1696
chequer-bill1697
assignation1704
chequer-note1705
mint bill1707
transport debenture1707
transport-bill1710
loan-bill1722
treasury note1756
tin bill1778
treasury-bill1798
rescription1800
short bill1808
treasury-warrant1834
sight bill1853
short-paper1912
treasuries1922
T.B.1936
T.D.R.1948
T-Bill1982
1834 T. B. Macaulay Earl of Chatham in Ess. (1887) 319 Legge, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, refused to sign the Treasury warrants which were necessary to give effect to the treaties.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. vii. 681 The Treasury warrant authorized the drawing an order upon the Tellers of the Exchequer.
Derivatives
ˈtreasury v. in passive to be honoured by the Treasury.Apparently an isolated use.
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1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xxxiii. 296 He was..Treasuried, Barred, and Bishoped, as much as he would.
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