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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] tresorie, from Anglo-French, from tresor [[treasure]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : a place in which stores of [[wealth]] are kept
:b : the place of deposit and disbursement of collected [[funds]]; especially : one where [[public]] revenues are deposited, kept, and disbursed
:c : funds kept in such a depository
*2: obsolete : [[treasure]]
*3: capitalized a : a [[government]]al department in charge of [[finances]] and especially the collection, [[management]], and expenditure of public revenues
:b : the building in which the [[business]] of such a governmental department is transacted
4: capitalized : a [[government]] security (as a note or bill) issued by the Treasury
5: a repository for treasures <a treasury of [[poems]]>
==Description==
A '''treasury''' is any place where the [[currency]] or items of high monetary [[value]] (gold, diamonds, etc.) are kept. The term was first used in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_antiquity Classical] times to describe the votive buildings erected to house [[Sacrifice|gifts to the gods]], such as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphnian_Treasury Siphnian Treasury] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi Delphi] or many similar buildings erected in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia,_Greece Olympia, Greece] by competing city-states to impress others during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games ancient Olympic Games]. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Ancient Greece] treasuries were almost always physically incorporated within [[religious]] buildings such as [[temples]], thus making state funds sacrosanct and adding [[moral]] constraints to the penal ones to those who would have access to these funds.
The head of a treasury is typically known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasurer treasurer]. This position may not necessarily have the final [[control]] over the [[actions]] of the treasury, particularly if they are not an elected [[representative]].
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] tresorie, from Anglo-French, from tresor [[treasure]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : a place in which stores of [[wealth]] are kept
:b : the place of deposit and disbursement of collected [[funds]]; especially : one where [[public]] revenues are deposited, kept, and disbursed
:c : funds kept in such a depository
*2: obsolete : [[treasure]]
*3: capitalized a : a [[government]]al department in charge of [[finances]] and especially the collection, [[management]], and expenditure of public revenues
:b : the building in which the [[business]] of such a governmental department is transacted
4: capitalized : a [[government]] security (as a note or bill) issued by the Treasury
5: a repository for treasures <a treasury of [[poems]]>
==Description==
A '''treasury''' is any place where the [[currency]] or items of high monetary [[value]] (gold, diamonds, etc.) are kept. The term was first used in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_antiquity Classical] times to describe the votive buildings erected to house [[Sacrifice|gifts to the gods]], such as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphnian_Treasury Siphnian Treasury] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi Delphi] or many similar buildings erected in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia,_Greece Olympia, Greece] by competing city-states to impress others during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games ancient Olympic Games]. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Ancient Greece] treasuries were almost always physically incorporated within [[religious]] buildings such as [[temples]], thus making state funds sacrosanct and adding [[moral]] constraints to the penal ones to those who would have access to these funds.
The head of a treasury is typically known as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasurer treasurer]. This position may not necessarily have the final [[control]] over the [[actions]] of the treasury, particularly if they are not an elected [[representative]].
[[Category: General Reference]]