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Deposit box   /dəpˈɑzɪt bɑks/   Listen
Deposit box

noun
1.
A fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables.  Synonyms: lockbox, safe-deposit, safe-deposit box, safety-deposit, safety deposit box.






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"Deposit box" Quotes from Famous Books



... after a moment's thought, "just get that cashed for me, will you? Then find out where our old skipper and the engineer live and send them a thousand apiece. After that pocket a thousand for yourself. Then—then—Oh, well, hire me a safety deposit box and buy me a lot of Liberty bonds. Might want 'em ...
— Curlie Carson Listens In • Roy J. Snell

... cards safe," she laughed mirthlessly. "I could even tell you the size of your check, and that the money is still on your person. You intended to place it in a safe-deposit box and keep it ...
— The Strange Case of Cavendish • Randall Parrish

... admirably subtle and of marked ingenuity had resulted only in equal failure. To be sure, there had never been any really valid reason why his endeavors should have been successful unless as compensation for years of patient labor. He conceived his esteemed relation as a sort of safe-deposit box, to a share of whose contents he was entitled if he could contrive to open it. Farther back in the quest, he had approached Mr. Hurd with the dash and confidence of a successful burglar, but of late the pursuit had lapsed to a mere occasional ...
— White Ashes • Sidney R. Kennedy and Alden C. Noble



Words linked to "Deposit box" :   safety deposit box, safety-deposit, strongbox, deedbox, safe-deposit box, lockbox



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