Treasury
(noun)
- A place where wealth or valuable things are kept.
- The total resources of a country, organization, or person.
Origin:
Middle english tresorie, from old french tresor, from latin thesaurus treasure, from greek thēsauros; akin to greek tithenai to put.
Examples:
- The national treasury holds the country's gold reserves.
- The treasury of the church was kept in a locked chest.
- The company's treasury had enough funds to finance the project.
- The government is planning to reduce its debt by selling off some of the treasures in the national treasury.
- He raided the city's treasury to pay for his army.