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subtreasury
[ suhb-trezh-uh-ree, suhb-trezh- ]
noun
- a subordinate or branch treasury.
- (formerly) any of the branch treasuries maintained by the U.S. government.
subtreasury
/ ʌˈٰɛəɪ /
noun
- a branch treasury
Derived Forms
- ܲˈٰܰ, noun
- ܲˈٰܰship, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ·ٰu· noun
- ܲ·ٰu··ship noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of subtreasury1
Example Sentences
When it outgrew that role, it was converted into the heavily fortified subtreasury and, after World War I, became the largest repository of gold in the world.
The Register of the Treasury issues and signs all bonds of the United States, registers bond transfers and redemption of bonds, and signs transfers of public funds from the treasury to the subtreasuries or depositories.
Require him either to show that the subtreasury would not injuriously affect the currency, or that we should in some way receive an equivalent for that injurious effect.
The United States mint will issue without any charge its transfer drafts on the subtreasury in New York in return for deposits of gold, the new product of mines, or for deposits of imported gold.
It was a case of funk, I could see that; and maybe I wa'n't feelin' like I'd carried a gold brick down to the subtreasury and asked for the acid test.
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