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Definition treasury in American English

treasury noun

noun
/ˈtreʒəri/
2

all the money or valuable objects that belongs to an organization, a government, a company, etc.

Example

Louis XIV used over half of his treasury to build the largest castle in Europe.

Example

a treasury of 15th-century paintings

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4

in the past, a place used for storing the money belonging to a king or an organization such as the Church

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Definition treasury in American English