treasurer

noun

trea·​sur·​er ˈtre-zhə-rər 

ˈtrā-;

ˈtrezh-rər,

ˈtrāzh-

1

: an officer entrusted with the receipt, care, and disbursement of funds: such as

a

: a governmental officer charged with receiving, keeping, and disbursing public revenues

b

: the executive financial officer of a club, society, or business corporation

2

: a guardian of a collection of treasures : curator

treasurership

ˈtre-zhə-rər-ˌship 

ˈtrā-;

ˈtrezh-rər-

ˈtrāzh-

noun

Examples of treasurer in a Sentence

She is treasurer of the college.

Recent Examples on the Web

The Thursday forum, which will focus on the Midwest, will include candidates for chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer, national finance chair, and vice chair for civic engagement and voter engagement. —Julia Manchester, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025

Corporate treasurers who once tracked only fiat currencies must now navigate stablecoins and digital tokens. —Roomy Khan, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025

These include core county offices of the judge, county clerk, circuit clerk, treasurer, tax collector and assessor, as well as Quorum Court, county buildings, election and child support. —Eplunus Colvin, arkansasonline.com, 3 Jan. 2025

The intrigue: Although Democrats have squarely swept all the top races for statewide offices — like secretary of state, attorney general and treasurer — one state House seat in rural Woodburn remained too close to call up until the very end. —Meira Gebel, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Kids Definition

treasurer

noun

trea·​sur·​er ˈtrezh-rər 

ˈtrezh-ər-ər,

ˈtrāzh-

: an officer of a club, business, or government who has charge of money taken in and paid out

Legal Definition

treasurer

noun

trea·​sur·​er

: an officer entrusted with the receipt, care, and disbursement of funds: as

a

: a governmental officer charged with keeping, receiving, and disbursing public revenues

b

: the executive financial officer of a club, society, or business corporation

treasurership noun