treasury
noun
a place where the funds of the government, of a corporation, or the like are deposited, kept, and disbursed.
treasuries
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pluralof treasury.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Against this backdrop, Gave sees global investors shifting away from gold and U.S. treasuries and toward the Chinese renminbi or other Asian currency-denominated securities that offer a yield.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
What we’re seeing now is like a silent IPO: early, oversized holders distributing to a much broader base of buyers who came in through ETFs, brokerages and corporate treasuries.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 17, 2025
Skeptics have been anticipating the pullback, given that crypto treasuries often trade at a premium to the underlying value of the tokens they hold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
The activity implied that treasuries may have lost their glow, or that the stock market collapse had produced untenable losses among Wall Street traders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
The shafts ran down by many slopes and spiral stairs to caverns far under; there Saruman had treasuries, store-houses, armouries, smithies, and great furnaces.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
