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  treasurer

  noun

  a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.
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  Treasurer

  noun

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

treasurer

American  

[trezh-er-er] / ˈtrɛʒ ər ər /

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.

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Treasurer ¹ British  

/ ˈtrɛʒərə /

noun

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

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treasurer ² British  

/ ˈtrɛʒərə /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• treasurership
  noun
• undertreasurer
  noun

Etymology

Origin of treasurer

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

Explanation

A treasurer has the important job of tallying up funds received by an organization, handing out money for expenses, and keeping track of how much is left over. Governments, businesses, clubs, and charities all have treasurers to manage their money. If you volunteer to be the treasurer of your school French club, you'll be responsible for keeping track of the money that comes in from your bake sale, as well as what's spent on your trip to Quebec. The noun treasurer comes from the Old French word for "treasure," tresor, which has its ultimate root in the Greek word thesauros, "store, treasure, or treasure house."

Example Sentences

However, she announced in August that she was dropping out of the race and instead would run for treasurer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

“From age 30 to a hypothetical age 90 actual death, that could increase the death benefit two or threefold,” says Weber, who is also treasurer of the Life Insurance Consumer Advocacy Center.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

One involves a former interior minister who went on trial Monday for allegedly spying on an ex-PP treasurer who had threatened to expose corruption.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Brandon Beach is the treasurer of the United States, a job that is cool in one respect, which is that your signature appears on America’s paper currency.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

In rapid succession he had been defeated for homeroom president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, sergeant at arms, homeroom representative to the Student Council, and homeroom alternate.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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• officer