treasury

From Middle English tresorie, from Old French tresorie, from tresor (“treasure”), from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “treasure house”). Displaced native Old English māþmhūs.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛʒ.ə.ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛʒ.ɚ.i/

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treasury (plural treasuries)

1. A place where treasure is stored safely.
2. A place where state or royal money and valuables are stored.
3. (government) Ellipsis of treasury department.
4. A collection of artistic or literary works.
5. (obsolete) A treasure.
   • 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], “Totum in Toto”, in The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC, page 56:

     Now since he hath the grace, thus gracelesse be / His neighbors sweare he'le swell with treasurie.

• thesaurus
• treasure
• treasurer

• → Hindi: तिजोरी (tijorī)
• → Marathi: तिजोरी (tijorī)

• “treasury”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “treasury”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “treasury”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.