treasury

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

treas·ury [treasury treasuries] BrE [ˈtreʒəri] NAmE [ˈtreʒəri] noun (pl. treas·uries)
1. the Treasurysingular singular or plural verb (in Britain, the US and some other countries) the government department that controls public money
2. countable a place in a castle, etc. where valuable things are stored

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French tresorie, based on Greek thēsauros ‘storehouse, treasure’.

Example Bank:
•Semi-precious stones were found in the treasury of the old monastery.
•This must be one of the richest cathedral treasuries in Europe.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department, Treasury, United States Treasury, First Lord of the Treasury, Treasury obligations, exchequer