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say it: TREZH-ur-ee
treasury is a noun meaning "the funds of a government or institution or individual". It carries 6 recorded senses.
the funds of a government or institution or individual
the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues
negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time
the British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy
the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789
a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for treasury come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.