Department of the Treasury

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the department of the U.S. federal government that collects revenue and administers the national finances. Abbreviation: TD

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Words nearby Department of the Treasury

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of State, Department of the Interior, Department of the Treasury, Department of Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs, department store, departure, depasture

How to use Department of the Treasury in a sentence

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Their friendship began when Krauss, who was chairman of the physics department at Case Western in Cleveland, sought out Epstein.
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Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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The “doctorate” Duke claims is from an anti-Semitic Ukranian “diploma mill” as described by the State Department.
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Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
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At the latter date all artists were obliged to vacate the Sorbonne ateliers to make room for some new department of instruction.
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But I can assure your Majesty with entire truth that the need of your treasury is so pressing now that it is incomparable.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
That money was formerly collected and placed in the treasury through the intervention of the royal officials.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various

Cultural definitions for Department of the Treasury

Department of the Treasury

A department of the federal executive branch; it includes the Internal Revenue Service (see also Internal Revenue Service) (IRS). The Department of the Treasury has general responsibility for setting federal fiscal policy by collecting taxes and customs duties, administering the public debt, keeping all government accounts, minting currency, and licensing ships engaged in international and interstate commerce. The Department of the Treasury administers the Secret Service.