Treasury
noun
A place where things like money or valuables are kept.
The government has a huge amount of gold in the treasury.
Often appears as...
- us treasury
- national treasury
noun
A government department in charge of financial matters.
The treasury is planning to increase taxes next year.
Often appears as...
- the department of the treasury
- treasury bonds
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Formal
noun
A collection of valuable things.
The old man's house was a treasury of antique furniture.
Often appears as...
- treasury of knowledge
- treasury of information
noun
A place where things like money or valuables are kept.
The government has a huge amount of gold in the treasury.
Often appears as...
- us treasury
- national treasury
noun
A government department in charge of financial matters.
The treasury is planning to increase taxes next year.
Often appears as...
- the department of the treasury
- treasury bonds
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A collection of valuable things.
The old man's house was a treasury of antique furniture.
Often appears as...
- treasury of knowledge
- treasury of information
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Storage
Refers to an actual space where wealth like coins or artifacts are stored.
Tourists visited the castle's treasury to see the royal jewels.
Pro Tip 2/2Historic Value
Often associated with historical or ancient contexts, such as kingdoms or empires.
The fallen empire left behind a vast treasury filled with priceless artifacts.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Storage
Refers to an actual space where wealth like coins or artifacts are stored.
Tourists visited the castle's treasury to see the royal jewels.
Pro Tip 2/2Historic Value
Often associated with historical or ancient contexts, such as kingdoms or empires.
The fallen empire left behind a vast treasury filled with priceless artifacts.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Storage
Refers to an actual space where wealth like coins or artifacts are stored.
Tourists visited the castle's treasury to see the royal jewels.
Pro Tip 2/2Historic Value
Often associated with historical or ancient contexts, such as kingdoms or empires.
The fallen empire left behind a vast treasury filled with priceless artifacts.
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Amory Lovins: We must...
then you might like some light-handed public policies that support rather than distorting or opposing the business logic. And these policies work fine without taxes, subsidies or mandates. They make a little net money for the treasury. They have a broad trans-ideological appeal, and because we want them actually to happen,
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Paul Collier: 4 ways to...
is of course the treasury -- that is, the British Treasury. And the British Treasury decided that it would sell the rights to third-generation mobile phones by working out what those rights were worth. They worked out they were worth two billion pounds. Just in time, a set of economists got there and said,
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Tim Jackson: An economic...
politicians would stand up, treasury spokesmen would stand up, and accuse us of wanting to go back and live in caves. And actually in the period through which we've been working over the last 18 years -- partly because of the financial crisis and a little bit of humility in the profession of economics --
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How is power divided in...
These appointed helpers assist the President in making important decisions within their area of expertise, such as defense, the treasury, and homeland security. The executive branch also appoints government officials, commands the armed forces, and meets with leaders of other nations.
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Afra Raymond: Three...
and that increase was caused by the increase in world oil prices. We call them petrodollars. The treasury was bursting with money. And it's ironic, because we're standing today in the Central Bank. You see, history's rich in irony. We're standing today in the Central Bank,
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Could a DAO Build the...
Blockchain helps fix this. So funds live in a public blockchain treasury where anyone can audit income and spending. And any time spending or money transfers are involved, the DAO approves it through a proposal. Typically written by a DAO member,
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A 30-year history of the...
contributed zero, USAID zero. It was mostly the countries using their own treasuries, which is very interesting, at least to me it was very interesting in terms of what I plan to do next. So these are the various places it happened.
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David Attenborough's...
beauty brains and there were all kinds of things and I hung there absolutely entranced there wasn't a single creature there that I had ever seen before anywhere what a treasury what a fantastic experience and one I've
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The building of the...
different physiology what is the truth an email that no control silencing the media did skin that foliation arresting and to really find to nail that department of treasury and without
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How Pharaohs Projected...
Egypt began to suffer drought. As crop yields crashed, so did the taxes coming into the state's treasuries, and despite the free labor
Video examples
Amory Lovins: We must...
then you might like some light-handed public policies that support rather than distorting or opposing the business logic. And these policies work fine without taxes, subsidies or mandates. They make a little net money for the treasury. They have a broad trans-ideological appeal, and because we want them actually to happen,
Video examples
Paul Collier: 4 ways to...
is of course the treasury -- that is, the British Treasury. And the British Treasury decided that it would sell the rights to third-generation mobile phones by working out what those rights were worth. They worked out they were worth two billion pounds. Just in time, a set of economists got there and said,
Video examples
Tim Jackson: An economic...
politicians would stand up, treasury spokesmen would stand up, and accuse us of wanting to go back and live in caves. And actually in the period through which we've been working over the last 18 years -- partly because of the financial crisis and a little bit of humility in the profession of economics --
Video examples
How is power divided in...
These appointed helpers assist the President in making important decisions within their area of expertise, such as defense, the treasury, and homeland security. The executive branch also appoints government officials, commands the armed forces, and meets with leaders of other nations.
Video examples
Afra Raymond: Three...
and that increase was caused by the increase in world oil prices. We call them petrodollars. The treasury was bursting with money. And it's ironic, because we're standing today in the Central Bank. You see, history's rich in irony. We're standing today in the Central Bank,
Video examples
Could a DAO Build the...
Blockchain helps fix this. So funds live in a public blockchain treasury where anyone can audit income and spending. And any time spending or money transfers are involved, the DAO approves it through a proposal. Typically written by a DAO member,
Video examples
A 30-year history of the...
contributed zero, USAID zero. It was mostly the countries using their own treasuries, which is very interesting, at least to me it was very interesting in terms of what I plan to do next. So these are the various places it happened.
Video examples
David Attenborough's...
beauty brains and there were all kinds of things and I hung there absolutely entranced there wasn't a single creature there that I had ever seen before anywhere what a treasury what a fantastic experience and one I've
Video examples
The building of the...
different physiology what is the truth an email that no control silencing the media did skin that foliation arresting and to really find to nail that department of treasury and without
Video examples
How Pharaohs Projected...
Egypt began to suffer drought. As crop yields crashed, so did the taxes coming into the state's treasuries, and despite the free labor
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Saint Basil
Greek Saint
God who created us has granted us the faculty of speech that we might disclose the counsels of our hearts to one another and that, since we possess our human nature in common, each of us might share his thoughts with his neighbor, bringing them forth from the secret recesses of the heart as from a treasury.
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John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
What is it but a cunningly devised scheme to take from one State and to give to another - to replenish the treasury of some of the States from the pockets of the people of the others; in reality, to make them support the governments and pay the debts of other States as well as their own?
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Kamisese Mara
Fijian Statesman
I received my money from the treasury, I used to very early to go the clubs, but when the burden of looking after my children came upon me I tried to live a quite life, and save as much as I could.
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Ray Stannard Baker
American Journalist
The streets and alleys of the ward were notoriously filthy, and the contractors habitually neglected them, not failing, however, to draw their regular payments from the city treasury.
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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Indian Philosopher
It's as if we live in a house which has a vast treasury in one of its rooms. Only we've forgotten about it. So, instead of living a life of royalty, we go about in poverty.
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Dorothea Dix
American Activist
I am contracting continually a debt of gratitude which time will never see canceled. There is a treasury from which it will be repaid, but I do not dispense its stores.
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Francis Spufford
English Author
Libraries are public treasuries. They're ways in which well-meaning societies leave the wealth of the past arranged A to Z so that anyone walking past can find it.
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Ross Perot
American Businessman
The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled.
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Will Rogers
American Actor
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
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Saint Basil
Greek Saint
God who created us has granted us the faculty of speech that we might disclose the counsels of our hearts to one another and that, since we possess our human nature in common, each of us might share his thoughts with his neighbor, bringing them forth from the secret recesses of the heart as from a treasury.
Quote examples
John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
What is it but a cunningly devised scheme to take from one State and to give to another - to replenish the treasury of some of the States from the pockets of the people of the others; in reality, to make them support the governments and pay the debts of other States as well as their own?
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Kamisese Mara
Fijian Statesman
I received my money from the treasury, I used to very early to go the clubs, but when the burden of looking after my children came upon me I tried to live a quite life, and save as much as I could.
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Ray Stannard Baker
American Journalist
The streets and alleys of the ward were notoriously filthy, and the contractors habitually neglected them, not failing, however, to draw their regular payments from the city treasury.
Quote examples
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Indian Philosopher
It's as if we live in a house which has a vast treasury in one of its rooms. Only we've forgotten about it. So, instead of living a life of royalty, we go about in poverty.
Quote examples
Dorothea Dix
American Activist
I am contracting continually a debt of gratitude which time will never see canceled. There is a treasury from which it will be repaid, but I do not dispense its stores.
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Francis Spufford
English Author
Libraries are public treasuries. They're ways in which well-meaning societies leave the wealth of the past arranged A to Z so that anyone walking past can find it.
Quote examples
Ross Perot
American Businessman
The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, the public debt should be reduced and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled.
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Will Rogers
American Actor
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
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