the federal treasury

noun FINANCE, GOVERNMENT

Definition

› the department of the US government that is responsible for controlling the country's finances: The proposed tax credit would cost the federal treasury about $7.9 billion over six years.

(Definition of the federal treasury noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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