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Webster 1913 Edition


Treasurer

Treas′ur-er

,
Noun.
[OE.
tresourer
, F.
trésorier
.]
One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or treasury; an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties, or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders made by the proper authority; one who has charge of collected funds;
as, the
treasurer
of a society or corporation
.
Lord high treasurer of England
,
formerly, the third great officer of the crown. His office is now executed by five persons styled the lords commissioners of the treasury, or treasury lords.

Webster 1828 Edition


Treasurer

TREASURER

,
Noun.
trezh'urer. One who has the care of a treasure or treasury; an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes and duties or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the same, and disburses it upon orders drawn by the proper authority. Incorporated companies and private societies have also their treasurers.
In England, the lord high treasurer is the principal officer of the crown, under whose charge is all the national revenue.
The treasurer of the household, in the absence of the lord-steward, has power with the controller and other officers of the Green-cloth, and the steward of the Marshalsea, to hear and determine treasons, felonies and other crimes committed within the king's palace. There is also the treasurer of the navy, and the treasurers of the county.

Definition 2024


treasurer

treasurer

English

Noun

treasurer (plural treasurers)

  1. The head of a corporation's treasury department.
  2. The official entrusted with the funds and revenues of an organization such as a club.
  3. The government official in charge of the Treasury.

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