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treasury noun [ ˈtrɛʒ(ə)ri ]

• the funds or revenue of a state, institution, or society.
• "the landowners' estates and assets were seized for the imperial treasury"
Similar: exchequer, purse, bank, coffers, revenues, finances, funds, moneys, resources, fisc,
• a place or building where treasure is stored.
• "Henry VII had kept the peace and filled his treasury"
Origin: Middle English: from Old French tresorie (see treasure).


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