What does treasurer mean?
Word: Treasurer
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Treasurer means the person in a club, society, company or government who looks after the money, keeps the accounts and reports how it is spent.
How do you spell treasurer?
Syllables: trea - sur - er
Tricky part: The s in the middle sounds like zh, as in measure, but it is spelt with a plain s, never z or sh.
Watch out for: treazurer, treshurer, trezhurer
Memory tip: Treasure your s: it buzzes like zh, yet it is written as a single plain s.
Treasurer in a sentence
Example 1: Yuki was elected treasurer of the school's eco club.
Example 2: The treasurer read out how much the residents' association had spent on repairs.
Example 3: Every receipt must be signed by the treasurer.
Fun Fact
Treasure comes from the Greek thesauros, a store of riches, the same word that later gave us thesaurus, a store of words.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) president
b) auditor
c) treasurar
d) secretary
Show answer
c) treasurar. Treasurer ends in er, because it is treasure plus r.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
tr_as_rer
a) e,o
b) a,u
c) e,e
d) e,u
Show answer
d) e,u. The first beat is trea, with ea as in bread, and the second is sur.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
rueraster
a) terrace
b) treasury
c) treasurer
d) measurer
Show answer
c) treasurer. Treasury needs a y and measurer an m, so these letters can only be treasurer.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The new treasurer of our nature club was chosen by a vote last Wensday.
a) treasurer
b) nature
c) Wensday
d) chosen
Show answer
c) Wensday. Wednesday keeps a silent d after We.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which task belongs to a club's treasurer?
a) choosing the club's colours
b) keeping a record of fees paid
c) writing the minutes of meetings
d) chairing every meeting
Show answer
b) keeping a record of fees paid
2. Which of these words is NOT formed from treasure?
a) treasurer
b) measured
c) treasury
d) treasured
Show answer
b) measured
