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treasuries |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Treasury \Treas"ur*y\, n.; pl {Treasuries}. [OE. tresorie F. tr['e]sorerie.] 1. 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. 2. That department of a government which has charge of the finances. 3. A repository of abundance; a storehouse. 4. Hence a book or work containing much valuable knowledge, wisdom, wit, or the like a thesaurus; as `` Maunder's Treasury of Botany.'' 5. A treasure. [Obs.] --Marston. {Board of treasury}, the board to which is intrusted the management of all matters relating to the sovereign's civil list or other revenues. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {Treasury bench}, the first row of seats on the right hand of the Speaker in the House of Commons; -- so called because occupied by the first lord of the treasury and chief minister of the crown. [Eng.] {Treasury lord}. See {Lord high treasurer of England}, under {Treasurer}. [Eng.] {Treasury note} (U. S. Finance), a circulating note or bill issued by government authority from the Treasury Department, and receivable in payment of dues to the government. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Treasuries n : negotiable debt obligations of the US government secured by its full faith and credit [syn: {Treasuries}, {Treasury obligations}]
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