noun
treasurer
TREZH-ur-ur/ˈtreʒərər/
A person responsible for an organization's money and financial records.
The club's treasurer tracks donations and keeps the financial records.
Etymology
The treasure base and personal suffix originally described a keeper of a hoard of valuables. That protective role became the financial office of someone entrusted with an organization's money.
In context
the treasury is empty do you hear bring the money in 10 days else send me your head in a basket I hear and obey the treasurer summons the headmen of 100 villages
More examples
- Our treasurer presents the monthly financial report to the board.
- The students elected Maya treasurer of their club.
- The incoming and outgoing treasurers review the accounts together.
Forms
treasurer · treasurers
treasury noun — An organization's funds or its financial department.
Similar words
- accountant
- Prepares and analyzes accounts without necessarily controlling an organization's money.
- bookkeeper
- Focuses on recording transactions rather than overseeing organizational funds.