From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Treasure \Treas"ure\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Treasured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Treasuring}.] 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Treasure \Treas"ure\, noun [OE. tresor, tresour, F. tr['e]sor, L. thesaurus, Gr. ? a stone laid up, treasure, probably from the root of ? to put, place. See {Thesis}, and cf. {Thesaurus}.]
1. Wealth accumulated; especially, a stock, or store of money in reserve.
This treasure hath fortune unto us given. --Chaucer.
2. A great quantity of anything collected for future use; abundance; plenty.
We have treasures in the field, of wheat and of barley, and of oil and of honey. --Jer. xli. 8.
3. That which is very much valued.
Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me. --Ex. xix. 5.
From thy wardrobe bring thy chiefest treasure. --Milton.
{Treasure city}, a city for stores and magazines. --Ex. i. 11.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.; "the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies" [syn: {hoarded wealth}]
2: art highly prized for its beauty or perfection [syn: {gem}]
3: any possession that is highly valued by its owner; "the children returned from the seashore with their shells and other treasures"
4: a collection of precious things; "the trunk held all her meager treasures"
verb
1: hold dear; "I prize these old photographs" [syn: {prize}, {value}, {appreciate}]
2: be fond of; be attached to [syn: {care for}, {cherish}, {hold dear}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
215 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Treasure -- U.S. County in Montana Population (2000): 861 Housing Units (2000): 422 Land area (2000): 978.864323 sq. miles (2535.246850 sq. km) Water area (2000): 5.242768 sq. miles (13.578705 sq. km) Total area (2000): 984.107091 sq. miles (2548.825555 sq. km) Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30 Location: 46.254434 N, 107.291543 W Headwords: Treasure Treasure, MT Treasure County Treasure County, MT
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