subtreasury
noun
sub·trea·sury
| \ ˌsəb-ˈtre-zh(ə-)rē
, -ˈtrā-\
, -ˈtrā-\
variants:
or sub-treasury
plural subtreasuries
or sub-treasuries
Definition of subtreasury
: 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