Treasury : (noun) 1: the funds of a government or institution or individual [syn:
exchequer]
2: the government department responsible for collecting and
managing and spending public revenues
3: the British cabinet minister responsible for economic
strategy [syn: Treasury, First Lord of the Treasury]
4: the federal department that collects revenue and administers
federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in
1789 [syn: Department of the Treasury, Treasury
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