subtreasury
Americannoun
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a subordinate or branch treasury.
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(formerly) any of the branch treasuries maintained by the U.S. government.
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When it outgrew that role, it was converted into the heavily fortified subtreasury and, after World War I, became the largest repository of gold in the world.
From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2019
Furthermore, being from farm country, he was very familiar with the farmers’ plight and saw some merit in the subtreasury system proposal.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
However, most creative among the solutions promoted by the Farmers’ Alliance was the call for a subtreasury plan.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
Last week the existence of the Kern subtreasury was made public.
From Time Magazine Archive
"But they arranged to send the gold right out of the subtreasury at San Francisco—or was it New York?—to the Chinese government."
From Boy Scouts on Motorcycles With the Flying Squadron by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)
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