Treasury - Definition

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