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  • noun a government department responsible for the collection, management, and expenditure of the public revenue

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Examples

  • The Portuguese treasury paid an average yield of 3.686% on the six-month Treasury bills, compared with 2.045% at the previous tender on Sept. 1, for the same maturity.

    A Mixed Day for European Debt Emese Bartha 2011

  • Joe Hockey, treasury spokesman for the coalition, stood by the coalition's own estimates, describing the Treasury shortfall as a "difference of opinion."

    Independent Sides With Australia Labor Party 2010

  • Obama's treasury secretary never worked for any of the banks, but Mark Patterson, the current Treasury chief of staff, was a Goldman lobbyist through 2008.

    Goldman Sachs Gets Theirs Walter Jon Williams 2010

  • TIMOTHY GEITHNER, TREASURY SECRETARY: We took the important step of releasing the details of our loan modification plan and Treasury guidelines for servicers.

    CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2009 2009

  • This would not happen with a system of Treasury-Direct home loans via local banks, with people on salary, funded not by “fed” debt-money but by treasury dollars created for home loans, and with loans held over term by our Treasury and public central bank.

    THE END OF PRIVATE CENTRAL BANKING 2009

  • HENRY PAULSON, FORMER TREASURY SECRETARY: The actions of the Treasury, the Fed and FDIC have stabilized our financial system.

    CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2009 2009

  • He meets frequently with the secretary of the treasury, and the Fed staff is in contact with Treasury staff.

    Robert Auerbach: When Five Hundred Economists Are Not Enough 2009

  • Plus, the treasury secretary pressed about the prospect of higher taxes -- Fareed Zakaria talks about his interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

    CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2009 2009

  • SECRETARY OF.THE TREASURY TIMOTHY F. GEITHNER: I mean, if you just look at the response of the (inaudible) as we go through this period of time, when people are most concerned about risk, generally they want to be investing in the most liquid, safest market in the world, which is still the market for our Treasury bills.

    CNN Transcript Jul 12, 2009 2009

  • He ordered the treasury to begin printing "United States (Treasury) Notes" to replace "Federal Reserve Notes."

    Grand Theft America 2008

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