treasure

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: treas=ure
• COUNT in NET: 22 in 22 verses (in OT : 10 in 10 verses) (in NT : 12 in 12 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

treasure, n. [OE. tresor, tresour, F. trésor, L. thesaurus, Gr. a stone laid up, treasure, probably from the root of to put, place. See Thesis, and cf. Thesaurus.].

•  Wealth accumulated; especially, a stock, or store of money in reserve.  [1913 Webster]

  "This treasure hath fortune unto us given."  [1913 Webster]
•  A great quantity of anything collected for future use; abundance; plenty.  [1913 Webster]

  "We have treasures in the field, of wheat and of barley, and of oil and of honey."  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is very much valued.  [1913 Webster]

  "Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me."  [1913 Webster]

  "From thy wardrobe bring thy chiefest treasure."  [1913 Webster]

Treasure city, a city for stores and magazines. Ex. i. 11.

treasure, v. t. 

 To collect and deposit, as money or other valuable things, for future use; to lay up; to hoard; usually with up; as, to treasure up gold.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

treasure, n. & v.
--n.
1 a precious metals or gems. b a hoard of these. c accumulated wealth.
2 a thing valued for its rarity, workmanship, associations, etc. (art treasures).
3 colloq. a much loved or highly valued person.
--v.tr.
1 (often foll. by up) store up as valuable.
2 value (esp. a long-kept possession) highly.

Idiom

treasure hunt
1 a search for treasure.
2 a game in which players seek a hidden object from a series of clues. treasure trove Law treasure of unknown ownership found hidden.

Etymology

ME f. OF tresor, ult. f. Gk thesauros: see THESAURUS

THESAURUS

treasure

Festschrift, Swiss bank account, abundance, accumulate, accumulation, admire, adore, affluence, amass, amassment, ana, anthology, appreciate, apprize, aquarium, ascribe importance to, assets, backlog, balance, bank account, bear, bear in mind, boast, body, bosom, bottom dollar, bottomless purse, brood over, budget, bulging purse, cache, cash, cash reserves, catch, checking account, cherish, chrestomathy, cling to, clip, collect, collectanea, collection, command of money, commissariat, commissary, compilation, conserve, cornucopia, corpus, cumulate, cumulation, darling, data, dearly love, delight, diamond, dump, dwell on, dwell upon, easy circumstances, embarras de richesses, embosom, embrace, entertain, esteem, exchequer, fan the embers, finances, find, florilegium, fondle, fortune, foster, fund, funds, garner, garner up, gather into barns, gem, godsend, gold, good thing, guard, handsome fortune, harbor, have, have and hold, have in mind, heap, heap up, hide, high income, high tax bracket, hoard, hoard up, hold, hold dear, hold in mind, hold on to, holdings, hug, ideal, idolize, independence, inventory, jewel, joy, keep, keep in memory, keep in mind, keep in view, kitty, larder, lay up, library, life savings, love to distraction, lucre, luxuriousness, make much of, mammon, mass, material, material wealth, materials, materiel, means, menagerie, money, money to burn, moneybags, moneys, munitions, museum, nest egg, nurse, nurture, opulence, opulency, pearl, pecuniary resources, pelf, pile, pile up, plenitude, plenty, plum, pocket, pool, possessions, preserve, pride, pride and joy, prize, property, prosperity, prosperousness, provisionment, provisions, purse, put up, rate highly, rations, raw data, regard, repertoire, repertory, reserves, resources, retain, revere, reverence, riches, richness, rick, save, save up, savings, savings account, secrete, set store by, six-figure income, squirrel, squirrel away, stack, stock, stock up, stock-in-trade, stockpile, store, store up, stores, substance, supplies, supply on hand, think highly of, think much of, think well of, treasure trove, treasure up, treasury, trophy, trouvaille, unregistered bank account, upper bracket, valuables, value, venerate, wealth, wealthiness, wherewithal, windfall, winner, worship, zoo

ROGET THESAURUS

treasure

Store

N store, stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry, spring, fount, fountain, well, wellspring, milch cow, stock in trade, supply, heap, treasure, reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche, crop, harvest, mow, vintage, store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack, lumber, relay, storehouse, storeroom, storecloset, depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory, repertorium, promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine, buttery, larder, spence, garner, granary, cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom, thesaurus, bank, armory, arsenal, dock, gallery, museum, conservatory, menagery, menagerie, reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond, gasometer, budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio, coffer, conservation, storing, storage, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve, Adj, stored, in store, in reserve, in ordinary, spare, supernumerary, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit.

Goodness

N goodness, excellence, merit, virtue, value, worth, price, super-excellence, supereminence, superiority, perfection, coup de maitre, masterpiece, chef d'ouvre, prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, cock of the roost, salt of the earth, champion, prodigy, tidbit, gem, gem of the first water, bijou, precious stone, jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure, good thing, rara avis, one in a thousand, beneficence, good man, harmless, hurtless, unobnoxious, innocuous, innocent, inoffensive, beneficial, valuable, of value, serviceable, advantageous, edifying, profitable, salutary, favorable, propitious fair, good, good as gold, excellent, better, superior, above par, nice, fine, genuine, best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless, unparagoned, unparalleled, superlatively, good, bully, crackajack, giltedged, superfine, superexcellent, of the first water, first-rate, first-class, high- wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal, standard, inimitable, admirable, estimable, praiseworthy, pleasing, couleur de rose, precious, of great price, costly, worth its weight in gold, worth a Jew's eye, priceless, invaluable, inestimable, precious as the apple of the eye, tolerable, up to the mark, unexceptionable, unobjectionable, satisfactory, tidy, in good condition, in fair condition, fresh, sound, beneficially, well, Jewels five words long, long may such goodness live!, the luxury of doing good.

Money

N money, legal tender, money matters, money market, finance, accounts, funds, treasure, capital, stock, assets, wealth, supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash, mammon, dough, cabbage, money-like instruments, M, M, sum, amount, balance, balance sheet, sum total, proceeds, currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece, hard cash, cold cash, dollar, sterling coin, pounds shillings and pence, Ls, d, pocket, breeches pocket, purse, money in hand, cash at hand, ready money, ready cash, slug, wad wad of bills, wad of money, thick wad of bills, roll of dough, rhino, blunt, dust, mopus, tin, salt, chink, argent comptant, bottom dollar, buzzard dollar, checks, dibs, double eagle, eagle, Federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency, Federal Reserve Note, United States Note, silver certificate, gold certificate, long bit, short bit, moss, nickel, pile, pin money, quarter, red cent, roanoke, rock, seawan, seawant, thousand dollars, grand, single, one-dollar bill, two- dollar bill, five-dollar bill, fiver, fin, Lincoln, ten-dollar bill, sawbuck, twenty-dollar bill, Jackson, double sawbuck, fifty-dollar bill, hundred-dollar bill, C-note, penny, cent, Lincoln cent, indian head penny, copper, two-cent piece three-cent piece, half- dime, nickel, buffalo nickel, V nickel, dime, disme, mercury dime, quarter, two bits, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, Eisenhower dollar, Susan B, Anthony dollar, precious metals, gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, nugget, petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit, stiver, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea, rouleau, wampum, good sum, round sum, lump sum, power of money, plum, lac of rupees, major coin, crown, minor coin, monetarist, monetary theory, numismatics, chrysology, numismatist, paper money, greenback, major denomination, minor denomination, money order, postal money order, Post Office order, bank note, bond, bill, bill of exchange, order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat, blueback, hundi, shinplaster, note, note of hand, promissory note, I O U, draft, check, cheque, back-dated check, negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW, remittance, credit, liability, drawer, drawee, obligor, obligee, moneyer, coiner, false money, bad money, base coin, flash note, slip, kite, fancy stocks, Bank of Elegance, argumentum ad crumenam, letter of credit, circulation, multiplier effect, inflation, double-digit inflation, hyperinflation, erosion of the currency, debasement of the currency, deflation, stagflation, exchange rate, rate of exchange, floating exchange rates, fixed rates, currency counter, currency exchange, bureau de change, gold-backed currency, gold standard, silver standard, bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account, certificate of deposit, CD, $, US$, Y, A$, Federal Reserve Bank, central bank, Federal Reserve Board, board of governors of the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, Secret Service, mint, bureau of engraving, seigniorage, counterfeit, funny money, bogus money, (falsehood), interest, interest rate, discount rate, monetary, pecuniary, crumenal, fiscal, financial, sumptuary, numismatic, numismatical, sterling, nummary, barbarus ipse placet dummodo sit dives, but the jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that, Gelt regiert die Welt, money rules the world, money makes the world go round, nervos belli pecuniam infinitam, redet Geld so schweigt die Welt, money is the mother's milk of politics, money is the root of all evil, money isn't everything, as phony as a three-dollar bill, don't take any wooden nickels.