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PUBLIC TREASURY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does public treasury mean?
• PUBLIC TREASURY (noun)
The noun PUBLIC TREASURY has 1 sense:
1. a treasury for government funds
Familiarity information: PUBLIC TREASURY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A treasury for government funds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("public treasury" is a kind of...):
exchequer; treasury (the funds of a government or institution or individual)
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