treasurer

[trezh-er-er]

noun

1. a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.

2. an officer of a government, corporation, association, or the like, in charge of the receipt, care, and disbursement of money.

Treasurer

¹

/ ˈtrɛʒərə /

noun

1. (in the Commonwealth of Australia and each of the Australian states) the minister of finance

treasurer

²

/ ˈtrɛʒərə /

noun

1. a person appointed to look after the funds of a society, company, city, or other governing body

Other Word Forms

• treasurership noun
• undertreasurer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of treasurer¹

1250–1300; Middle English tresorer < Anglo-French < Late Latin thēsaurārius. See treasure, -er ²

Example Sentences

And because I could remember the entire budget in my head, it wasn’t long before I became the church treasurer.

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The latest quarter was the fourth in a row in which Palantir’s U.S. commercial business was larger than its U.S. government segment, David Glazer, Palantir’s chief financial officer and treasurer, told MarketWatch.

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But the treasurer has also taken a swipe at impediments to global trade, raising concerns over the economic impact of US tariffs, including a 10-percent levy on Australian goods, and the US-China trade spat.

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“Paul worked so hard and we’re just going to continue and keep it going,” said his older sister, Linda Sideri, who serves as the organization’s treasurer and is on its board.

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As the freelance journalist Adam Ramsay has pointed out, the figure for paid-up members is given elsewhere, in a statement for the party treasurer in the accounts for the Liberal Democrats in England.

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Related Words

• officer