subtreasury
noun
sub·trea·sury
ˌsəb-ˈtre-zh(ə-)rē
-ˈtrā-
variants
or sub-treasury
plural subtreasuries or sub-treasuries
: a subordinate treasury or place of deposit
especially
: any of nine former branch treasuries of the U.S.
"… Whig or Tory, with their interminable brawls about banks and the sub-treasury …" —Nathaniel Hawthorne
… the United States Treasury with its subtreasury system had come in 1846; but still there were many, many wildcat banks … —Theodore Dreiser
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