Meaning

4 senses

  1. A place where treasure is stored safely.

    Schatzkammer

    казна́kazná, сокро́вищницаsokróviščnica

    скарбни́цяskarbnýcja, скарбо́наskarbóna, казна́kazná

    a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely

  2. A place where state or royal money and valuables are stored.

    Schatzkammer

    казна́kazná, казначе́йствоkaznačéjstvo

    скарбни́цяskarbnýcja, казна́kazná

  3. A collection of artistic or literary works.

    сокро́вищницаsokróviščnica

    скарбни́цяskarbnýcja

  4. (obsolete)A treasure.

Examples

15 sentences

  1. It is an ancient midden, presently an archaeological treasury.

    Це стародавній смітник, натепер - археологічна скарбниця. — shanghainese

    ruЭто - древняя мусорная куча, нынешняя археологическая сокровищница. — shanghainese

    shanghainese · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. The expenses are financed from the state treasury.

    deDie Ausgaben werden aus der Staatskasse finanziert. — mraz

    rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Even the ceiling of the treasury is very ornate.

    deSelbst die Decke der Schatzkammer ist sehr prunkvoll. — Sciuro_Kvar

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  4. Algeria's private sector is making big contributions to the state treasury.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. It's the treasury.

    ajje · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
place where treasure is stored safely:
Русский
By meaning 2
place where treasure is stored safely:
place where state or royal money and valuables are stored:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
place where treasure is stored safely:

Origin

From Middle English tresorie, from Old French tresorie, from tresor (“treasure”), from Lat

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.

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Forms

plural: treasuries
Singulartreasury
Pluraltreasuries

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy:First Lord of the Treasury
  • the funds of a government or institution or individual:exchequer
  • negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time:Treasury obligations
  • the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789:Department of the TreasuryTreasury DepartmentUnited States Treasury

Word family

11 related words
RelatedtreasureA2thesaurustreasurerexchequerpublic purse
Derivednontreasurysubtreasurytreasurialtreasuryshiptreasury stocktreasury tag

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
treasontreasureA2treasurertreatB2treatertreatise

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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