treasury

«treasury» in Mova's school dictionary: The government department that manages a country's money… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a treasury, treasuries; the Treasury)

meaning for a pupil

1) (the Treasury) The government department that manages a country's money, taxes and spending. tree →

2) A place where treasure or money is kept. tree →

3) A collection of valuable things, such as a treasury of poems or stories. tree →

sense in the lessons

In civics and news, «the Treasury» (UK, US, Australia and others) decides on taxes and spending. In history and stories, a castle's treasury stores gold. In books, «a treasury of fairy tales» is a big collection. Phrases: «the Treasury», «a treasury of», «royal treasury».

examples

• The Treasury controls how the government spends money. tree →
• The king's treasury was full of gold coins. tree →
• I got «A Treasury of Bedtime Stories» for my birthday. tree →
• The thieves tried to break into the treasury. tree →
• The museum is a treasury of ancient art. tree →
• The Treasury announced new taxes. tree →
• Pearls and flowers were gathered up and taken to the treasury. tree →

note

Capital «T» for the government department. Plural «treasuries». «Treasury» is a place or department; «treasurer» is a person — do not mix them up.

In the corpora

• 'Is not this laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries?
• That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.
• Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
• The Tirshatha gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' tunics.
• Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the wine and the oil unto the treasuries.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «treasury» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.