# 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: /ˈtɹɛʒ.ə.ɹi/
* (US) IPA: /ˈtɹɛʒ.ɚ.i/
** Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

treasury (plural treasuries)
* A place where treasure is stored safely.
* A place where state or royal money and valuables are stored.
* (government) Ellipsis of treasury department.
* A collection of artistic or literary works.
* (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

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 (ka) (saganʒuri)
German: Schatzkammer (de) f
Hindi: कोश (hi) (koś)
Hungarian: kincstár (hu)
Indonesian: perbendaharaan (id)
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
Ottoman Turkish: خزینه (hazine)
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) :
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), कोश (hi) (koś)
Hungarian: államkincstár (hu)
Indonesian: perbendaharaan (id)
Italian: tesoreria (it) f
Japanese: 国庫 (ja) f (こっこ, kokko)
Kazakh: қазына (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
Ottoman Turkish: خزینه (hazine)
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), công khố (vi) :
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#### See also

* exchequer
* public purse

### 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.