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Meaning of treasury

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  treasury
      n 1: the funds of a government or institution or individual
           [syn: {treasury}, {exchequer}]
      2: the government department responsible for collecting and
         managing and spending public revenues
      3: negotiable debt obligations of the United States government
         which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be
         paid on time [syn: {Treasury}, {Treasury obligations}]
      4: the British cabinet minister responsible for economic
         strategy [syn: {Treasury}, {First Lord of the Treasury}]
      5: 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}, {United States Treasury}]
      6: a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious
         objects can be kept safely

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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