the Treasury Department

noun

: the government department that is in charge of handling a country's money

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In the version released by the Senate Finance Committee on Monday, the tax must be collected by the remittance company and paid quarterly to the Treasury Department. Jacqueline Charles Miami Herald, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2025 Trump has framed tariffs as a tool to lure factories back to America, raise money for the Treasury Department and strike more favorable trade agreements with other countries. Lindsay Whitehurst, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025 Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Education planned for the Treasury Department to take a hand in managing the country's $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio, recent court documents show. Annie Nova, CNBC, 12 June 2025 Some experts have said that while the Treasury Department is more experienced than the SBA in managing collections and public funds, shifting federal student loan management would demand legislative action. Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Treasury Department

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