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To lay up, as in a treasury; to hoard. [Obs.] Shak.

issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury.

A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury department of the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills.

hest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of its own, and often used as a treasury.

Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap. [Colloq. & Contemptuous]

In Great Britain, an officer of the Treasury who makes all payments and disbursements, civil as well as military. He is a member of the ministry, but not of the cabinet.

ng to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury. To the public good Private respects must yield. Milton. He [Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. D. Webster.

Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.

ring; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury. [Colloq. U. S.]

To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war.

A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.

uties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use. Revenue cutter, an armed government vessel employed to enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.

Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop. If life be short, it shall be glorious; Each minute shall be rich in some great action. Rowe. The gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold. Milton.…

A continuing urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its notes.

ernment. In the United States, in time of peace the bureau of secret service is under the treasury department, and in time of war it aids the war department in securing information concerning the movements of the enemy.

ce and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc.

A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they were all redeemed or funded.

of a city, town, department, or government; as, the city solicitor; the solicitor of the treasury.

The public officer who has charge of a subtreasury. [U. S.]

Specifically, an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the ordinary purposes of the government.