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Spell Bee Word: Treasury


What does treasury mean?

Word: Treasury

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Treasury means the government department that manages a country's money; also a place where treasure or valuable things are stored.

Synonyms: storehouse

How do you spell treasury?

Syllables: trea - sur - y

Tricky part: Treasure drops its final e before the y. The vowels in the middle are ea and then u.

Watch out for: treasurey, treasery, treazury

Memory tip: A treasury is a store of treasure: the tail e of treasure is traded for a y.

Treasury in a sentence

Example 1: Taxes paid by citizens go into the national treasury.

Example 2: The old palace had a treasury full of gold ornaments.

Example 3: Officials from the Treasury met to plan the new budget.

Fun Fact

In Britain, the prime minister also holds the old title First Lord of the Treasury.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) treasury
b) injurey
c) luxery
d) centuary

Show answer

a) treasury. Luxury needs a u, century has no a and injury ends in a plain y; only treasury is spelt right.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

treassury

a) u
b) s
c) a
d) r

Show answer

b) s. Remove one s and the word keeps the single s of treasure.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

suyreart

a) pleasure
b) treasury
c) estuary
d) measure

Show answer

b) treasury. Measure and pleasure need an m and an l, and estuary has only one r; the y and two r's give treasury.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Treasury is to treasure as library is to ____.

a) silence
b) shelves
c) books
d) readers

Show answer

c) books

2. What would a country's Treasury decide?

a) where the army trains
b) how much to spend on new roads
c) who plays in the cricket team
d) which films win national awards

Show answer

b) how much to spend on new roads

Associated Words

More Class 6 Summer Spell Bee words starting with tr: translator, troupe, transmission, transfer, transcript

More words from this list

adaptable, bemused, consequence, draughtsman, geothermal, knuckle, optometrist, rustic

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