Treasure

trezh′ūr, n. wealth stored up: riches: a great quantity collected: great abundance: anything much valued: ( obs. ) a treasure-house.— v.t. to board up: to collect for future use: to value greatly: to enrich.— ns. Treas′ure-chest , a box for keeping articles of value; Treas′ure-cit′y , a city for stores, magazines, .; Treas′ure-house , a house for holding treasures; Treas′urer , one who has the care of a treasure or treasury: one who has charge of collected funds; Treas′urership ; Treas′ury , a place where treasure is deposited: a department of a government which has charge of the finances: one of a cla of subterranean structures, now believed to be merely sepulchral; Treas′ury-bench , the first row of seats on the Speaker's right hand in the House of Commons, occupied by the members of the government. [Fr. trésor —L. thesaurus —Gr. thēsauros .]