treasury

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trea·su·ry /ˈtreʒəri/ noun (plural treasuries)

1. the Treasury (Department) a government department that controls the money that the country collects and spends 〔政府的〕财政部

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the Treasury (Department)• Bills are three month assets issued by the Treasury and some companies.• More crucially, the Treasury is developing a political and not just an economic position.• Naval officers received no help from the Treasury for their outfits, though they were given a small tax allowance.• As Secretary of the Treasury you planted the seeds for the most far-reaching tax reform in our history.• Only then would the true drain on the Treasury begin.• The return to gold was Churchill's decision, even though, within the Treasury, he at first was hard to convince.

2. [countableC]TBB a place in a castle, church, palace etc where money or valuable objects are kept 〔城堡、教堂、宫殿等的〕金库，宝库

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treasury• All that money diverted from the city treasury predictably left Neza near bankruptcy.• Also in the crypt is the Duomo treasury, a pay-to-enter collection that is closed for a long period at lunch.• His army, again, depends on his treasury.• When Ivan the Terrible felt himself drawing near to death, we are told, he would have himself carried up to his treasury.• There is a 10% regime for offshore headquarters functions, including treasury management.• Workers can contribute via payroll deduction to the stock, bond or treasury funds.• The ethical basis for extending effective property rights in the public treasury to officials is overlooked in the Niskanen-type thesis.• Did he want to go to a policy meeting with bankers, the president and secretary of the treasury?

From Longman Business Dictionary

TreasuryTreas·ur·y /ˈtrezəri/ noun

the TreasuryTAXORGANIZATIONS the government department in charge of the money that a country collects in taxes and from borrowing, and the money that it spends

trea·su·ry noun

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treasury

Government departments and public bodies: administration, agency, branch...

Collections, stores and sets of things: agglomeration, arsenal, assemblage...

Relating to royalty and the nobility: aristocratic, baronial, blue-blooded...

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