treasury

See also: Treasury

English

Etymology

From Middle English tresorie, from Old French tresorie, from tresor (“treasure”), from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “treasure house”). Displaced native Old English māþmhūs.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛʒ.ə.ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛʒ.ɚ.i/

  • Audio (US)

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Noun

treasury (plural treasuries)

1. A place where treasure is stored safely.
2. A place where state or royal money and valuables are stored.
3. (government) Ellipsis of treasury department.
4. A collection of artistic or literary works.
5. (obsolete) A treasure.
   • 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], “Totum in Toto”, in The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC, page 56:

     Now since he hath the grace, thus gracelesse be / His neighbors sweare he'le swell with treasurie.

Derived terms

• Treasury bill
• treasury bond
• treasury certificate
• treasury management
• treasury note
• treasury security
• treasury stock
• treasury tag

 

Related terms

• thesaurus
• treasure
• treasurer

Descendants

• → Hindi: तिजोरी (tijorī)
• → Marathi: तिजोरी (tijorī)

Translations

place where treasure is stored safely

• Arabic: خَزِينَة‎ f (ḵazīna)
• Armenian: գանձարան (hy) (ganjaran)
• Belarusian: ска́рбніца f (skárbnica), казна́ f (kazná), скарб m (skarb)
• Bulgarian: съкро́вищница (bg) f (sǎkróvištnica), трезо́р m (trezór), хазна́ (bg) f (hazná) (dated)
• Catalan: tresoreria (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金庫／金库 (zh) (jīnkù)

• Czech: klenotnice f, pokladnice f
• Danish: skattekammer n
• Dutch: schatkist (nl) f, schatkamer (nl) f
• Egyptian: (pr-ḥḏ)
• Esperanto: trezorejo
• Finnish: aarrekammio (fi)
• French: trésorerie (fr) f
• Galician: tesouraría f, tesouro (gl) m
• Georgian: საგანძური (saganʒuri)
• German: Schatzkammer (de) f
• Hungarian: kincstár (hu)
• Italian: tesoreria (it) f
• Japanese: 金庫 (ja) (きんこ, kinko)
• Korean: 금고(金庫) (ko) (geumgo)
• Macedonian: ри́зница f (ríznica), тре́зор m (trézor)
• Malayalam: കലവറ (ml) (kalavaṟa)
• Middle English: tresorie
• Old English: māþmhūs n
• Persian: گنجینه‎ (fa) (ganjine)
• Polish: skarbiec (pl) m, skarbnica f
• Portuguese: tesouraria (pt) f
• Russian: казна́ (ru) f (kazná), сокро́вищница (ru) f (sokróviščnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рѝзница f, ха̏зна f, трѐзо̄р m

  Roman: rìznica (sh) f, hȁzna (sh) f, trèzōr (sh) m

• Slovak: klenotnica f
• Slovene: zakladnica (sl) f
• Southern Altai: казына (kazïna)
• Spanish: tesorería (es) f
• Swahili: hazina (sw)
• Swedish: skattkammare (sv) c
• Tagalog: ingatang-yaman
• Telugu: కోశాగారము (te) (kōśāgāramu)
• Ukrainian: скарбни́ця f (skarbnýcja), скарбо́на f (skarbóna), казна́ (uk) f (kazná)

place where state or royal money and valuables are stored

• Arabic: خَزِينَة‎ f (ḵazīna)
• Armenian: գանձարան (hy) (ganjaran)
• Azerbaijani: xəzinə (az)
• Belarusian: ска́рбніца f (skárbnica), казна́ f (kazná), скарб m (skarb)
• Bulgarian: ковче́жничество (bg) n (kovčéžničestvo), трезо́р m (trezór), хазна́ (bg) f (hazná) (dated)
• Catalan: tresoreria (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 國庫／国库 (zh) (guókù)

• Czech: pokladna (cs) f
• Danish: statskasse c
• Dutch: schatkist (nl) f, schatkamer (nl) f
• Egyptian: (pr-ḥḏ)
• Finnish: valtion kassa
• French: trésorerie (fr) f
• Galician: tesouraría f
• Georgian: ხაზინა (xazina)
• German: Schatzkammer (de) f
• Greek: θησαυροφυλάκιο (el) (thisavrofylákio)

  Ancient: θησαυροφυλάκιον n (thēsaurophulákion), ταμιεῖον n (tamieîon), γάζα f (gáza)

• Hindi: ख़ज़ाना m (xazānā), राजकोष m (rājkoṣ)
• Hungarian: államkincstár (hu)
• Italian: tesoreria (it) f
• Japanese: 国庫 (ja) f (こっこ, kokko)
• Kazakh: қазына (kk) (qazyna)
• Korean: 국고(國庫) (ko) (gukgo)
• Kyrgyz: казына (ky) (kazına)
• Latin: aerārium n
• Macedonian: тре́зор m (trézor)
• Malayalam: ഖജനാവ് (ml) (khajanāvŭ)
• Middle English: tresorie
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: statskasse m or f

• Old English: māþmhūs n
• Persian: خزانه‌داری‎ (xazâne-dâri), خزانه‎ (fa) (xazâne), بیت المال‎ (fa) (bayt-olmâl)
• Plautdietsch: Kauss f
• Polish: skarbiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: tesouro (pt) m
• Romanian: tezaur de stat n, trezorerie (ro) f, vistierie (ro) f
• Russian: казна́ (ru) f (kazná), казначе́йство (ru) n (kaznačéjstvo)
• Slovak: pokladňa f, pokladnica f
• Slovene: zakladnica (sl) f
• Southern Altai: казына (kazïna)
• Spanish: tesorería (es) f, erario (es) m
• Swahili: hazina (sw)
• Tagalog: ingatang-yaman
• Tajik: хазина (xazina)
• Turkish: hazine (tr)
• Turkmen: hazyna
• Ukrainian: скарбни́ця f (skarbnýcja), казна́ (uk) f (kazná)
• Uyghur: خەزىنە‎ (xezine)
• Uzbek: xazina (uz)
• Vietnamese: kho bạc (vi) (庫鉑), ngân khố (vi) (銀庫)

government department — see treasury department

collection of artistic or literary works

• Belarusian: ска́рбніца f (skárbnica)
• Bulgarian: съкро́вищница (bg) f (sǎkróvištnica)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寶庫／宝库 (zh) (bǎokù)

• Finnish: runoaarteisto
• Hungarian: tárház (hu), kincsestár (hu)
• Italian: tesoro (it) m
• Japanese: 宝庫 (ja) (ほうこ, hōko)
• Korean: 보고(寶庫) (ko) (bogo)
• Persian: مجموعه‎ (fa) (majmu'e), گنجینه‎ (fa) (ganjine)
• Romanian: tezaur (ro) n (artistic), tezaur literar n
• Russian: сокро́вищница (ru) f (sokróviščnica)
• Spanish: tesoro (es) m
• Ukrainian: скарбни́ця f (skarbnýcja)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Persian: ^{(please verify)} گنجینه‎ (fa) (ganjine)
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} pokladnica f
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} กรุสมบัติ (gru sŏm-bàt)

Further reading

• “treasury”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “treasury”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “treasury”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.