What is the meaning of Treasury?

noun

• The funds of a government or institution or individual.
  • synonyms: exchequer
• The government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues.
• Negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time.
  • synonyms: Treasury obligations
• The British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy.
  • synonyms: First Lord of the Treasury
• The federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789.
  • synonyms: Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department, United States Treasury
• A depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely. .