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TREASURY SECRETARY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Treasury Secretary mean?

• TREASURY SECRETARY (noun)
The noun TREASURY SECRETARY has 2 senses:

1. the person who holds the secretaryship of the Treasury Department
2. the position of the head of the Treasury Department

Familiarity information: TREASURY SECRETARY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TREASURY SECRETARY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The person who holds the secretaryship of the Treasury Department

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Secretary of the Treasury; Treasury Secretary

Context example:

Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury

Hypernyms ("Treasury Secretary" is a kind of...):

secretary (a person who is head of an administrative department of government)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The position of the head of the Treasury Department

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Secretary of the Treasury; Treasury Secretary

Context example:

the position of Treasury Secretary was created in 1789

Hypernyms ("Treasury Secretary" is a kind of...):

secretaryship (the position of secretary)

Holonyms ("Treasury Secretary" is a member of...):

United States Cabinet; US Cabinet (a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet)

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