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Noun treasury has 5 senses

treasury, exchequer - the funds of a government or institution or individual
--₁ is a kind of funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
--₁ has particulars:
public treasury, trough, till; bursary; subtreasury; fisc
treasury - the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues
--₂ is a kind of government department
Treasury, First Lord of the Treasury - the British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy
--₃ is a kind of cabinet minister
--₃ is a member of British Cabinet

Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department, Treasury, United States Treasury - the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789
--₄ is a kind of executive department
--₄ has parts:

treasury - a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely
--₅ is a kind of depository, deposit, repository