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1Treasury — ist im umfassenden Sinne das Schatzamt eines Landes. Auf ein Unternehmen bezogen sind es die Bereiche oder Abteilungen, die mit dem Disponieren und Anlegen der vorhandenen oder zufließenden finanziellen Mittel befasst sind. Zugleich sind diese… …
2Treasury — Treas ur*y, n.; pl. {Treasuries}. [OE. tresorie, F. tr[ e]sorerie.] 1. A place or building in which stores of wealth are deposited; especially, a place where public revenues are deposited and kept, and where money is disbursed to defray the… …
3Treasury — trea·sury / tre zhə rē, trā / n pl sur·ies 1 a: a place in which stores of wealth are kept b: the place of deposit and disbursement of collected funds; esp: one where public revenues are deposited, kept, and disbursed c: funds kept in such a… …
4Treasury 21 — is a version of the Australian casino game Pontoon played in Treasury Casino, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.For detailed information about Pontoon, refer to its entry.Rules specific to Treasury 21 [… …
5treasury — ► NOUN (pl. treasuries) 1) the funds or revenue of a state, institution, or society. 2) (Treasury) (in some countries) the government department responsible for the overall management of the economy. 3) a place where treasure is stored. 4) a… …
6treasury — [trezh′ər ē] n. pl. treasuries [ME tresorie < OFr] 1. a place where treasure is kept; room or building where valuable objects are preserved 2. a place where public or private funds are kept, received, disbursed, and recorded 3. the funds or… …
7treasury — (n.) late 13c., room for treasure, from O.Fr. tresorie (11c.), from tresor (see TREASURE (Cf. 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 …
8treasury — *museum, library, gallery, archives …
9treasury — [n] place where money, valuables are kept archive, bank, bursar, bursary, cache, chest, coffer, damper, depository, exchange, exchequer, Fort Knox*, gallery, hoard, museum, register, repository, safe, storage, store, storehouse, strongbox,… …
10Treasury — For other uses, see Treasury (disambiguation). A treasury is either A government department related to finance and taxation. A place where currency or precious items (gold, diamonds, etc.) is/are kept. The term was first used in Classical times… …
