treasury

n 1: the funds of a government or institution or individual [syn:

{exchequer}]

2: the government department responsible for collecting and

managing and spending public revenues

3: the British cabinet minister responsible for economic

strategy [syn: {Treasury}, {First Lord of the Treasury}]

4: the federal department that collects revenue and administers

federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in

1789 [syn: {Department of the Treasury}, {Treasury

Department}, {Treasury}]

5: a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious

objects can be kept safely