DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Department of the Treasury mean? 

• DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (noun)
  The noun DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY has 1 sense:

1. the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789

  Familiarity information: DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Department of the Treasury; Treasury; Treasury Department; United States Treasury

Hypernyms ("Department of the Treasury" is a kind of...):

executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)

Meronyms (parts of "Department of the Treasury"):

U.S. Mint; United States Mint; US Mint (the mint that manufactures and distributes United States coins for circulation through Federal Reserve Banks; processes gold and silver bullion)

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; FinCEN (a law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering)

ATF; Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson)

Financial Management Service (the federal agency in the Treasury Department that manages the government's disbursement and collection systems and provides central accounting and financial reporting)

Office of Intelligence Support; OIS (agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy)

Comptroller of the Currency (the agency of the Treasury Department responsible for controlling the currency)

Bureau of Customs; Customs Bureau; Customs Service; USCB (the agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs)

Bureau of Engraving and Printing (the agency of the Treasury Department that produces currency)

Internal Revenue Service; IRS (the bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections)