Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun treasury

6 senses of treasury

Sense 1
treasury, exchequer -- (the funds of a government or institution or individual)
       => funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource -- (assets in the form of money)

Sense 2
treasury -- (the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues)
       => government department -- (a department of government)

Sense 3
Treasury, Treasury obligations -- (negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time)
       => government bond -- (a bond that is an IOU of the United States Treasury; considered the safest security in the investment world)

Sense 4
Treasury, First Lord of the Treasury -- (the British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy)
       => cabinet minister -- (a person who is a member of the cabinet)

Sense 5
Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department, Treasury, United States Treasury -- (the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789)
       => executive department -- (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)

Sense 6
treasury -- (a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely)
       => depository, deposit, depositary, repository -- (a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping)