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Antonyms for treasury

Grammar : Noun
Spell : trezh-uh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrɛʒ ə ri


Definition of treasury

Origin :
  • late 13c., "room for treasure," from Old French tresorie (11c.), from tresor (see treasure). Meaning "department of state that controls public revenue" is recorded from late 14c. An Old English word for "room for treasure" was maðm-hus.
  • noun place where money, valuables are kept
Example sentences :
  • No nation has ever before been embarrassed from too large a surplus in its treasury.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • A surplus in the Treasury created by loans is not a permanent or safe reliance.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • While a Treasury surplus is not the greatest evil, it is a serious evil.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • "Hear, hear," ironically from the Opposition, approvingly from the Treasury benches.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • I am now convinced that the explosion you speak of in the Treasury was caused by myself.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • When last the girl saw her lover he was to be that night on guard in the Treasury.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • The emperor commanded that these fragments be preserved in the treasury.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • A former Lloyd-George of the Treasury, who had different ideas of taxation.
  • Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous
  • He had swiveled dangerously on the Secretary of the Treasury again.
  • Extract from : « The Adventurer » by Cyril M. Kornbluth
  • It was said that the French Treasury, which was not overflowing, was still more reduced by the Queen's partiality for her brother.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete » by Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe

Synonyms for treasury

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