[trea.sury] n, pl -sur.ies [ME tresorie, fr. OF, fr. tresor treasure] (14c) 1 a: a place in which stores of wealth are kept b: the place of deposit and disbursement of collected funds; esp: one where public revenues are deposited, kept, and disbursed c: funds kept in such a depository
2. obs: treasure 3 cap a: a governmental department in charge of finances and esp. the collection, management, and expenditure of public revenues b: the building in which the business of such a governmental department is transacted
4. cap: a government security (as a note or bill) issued by the Treasury
5: a repository for treasures "a ~ of poems"