treas·ur·y
 treasury
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- pronunciation:
- tre
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- features:
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
treasuries |
| definition 1: |
the money of a club, business, government, or other group.
We paid for the class trip out of our treasury.- synonyms:
- finances, funds
- similar words:
- assets, capital, money, reserve, resources
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| definition 2: |
(capitalized) the government department responsible for public money.
The U.S. Treasury is in charge of all the nation's public money. |
| related words: |
collection |
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The word treasury
contains the following part:
-y2
Latin and Greek
noun-forming suffix
that means
state, quality, act, or practice of
Example words: