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(noun) a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely |
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Related Words: deposit, depository, repository |
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(noun) the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues |
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Related Words: government department |
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(noun) the British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy |
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Synonyms: First Lord of the Treasury |
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Related Words: cabinet minister |
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(noun) the funds of a government or institution or individual |
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Synonyms: exchequer |
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Related Words: bursary, cash in hand, finances, fisc, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource, public treasury, subtreasury, till, trough |
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(noun) the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789 |
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Synonyms: Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department |
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Related Words: executive department |
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