bureau of engraving and printing

1. 1.

   the agency of the Treasury Department that produces currency

   Broaderagency

   Part ofDepartment of the Treasury

Questions about bureau of engraving and printing

What does bureau of engraving and printing mean?

bureau of engraving and printing means "the agency of the Treasury Department that produces currency".

Is bureau of engraving and printing a common word?

bureau of engraving and printing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.