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Safe-deposit box   /seɪf-dəpˈɑzɪt bɑks/   Listen
Safe-deposit box

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






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"Safe-deposit box" Quotes from Famous Books



... envelope was postponed by the incoming of Ackerton, the working head of the legal department, with a damage suit to discuss with his chief. Blount thrust the big envelope into his pocket unopened, and later in the day, when he went around to his bank to put the evidence letters into his safe-deposit box, the incident of the morning had lost its significance so completely, or had been so deeply buried under other and more important matters, that he deposited ...
— The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush • Francis Lynde

... man was in no mood for an elaborate exchange of exhilarations. Without preface he inquired the amount of his deposit subject to check in the Commercial Bank. Fifty thousand dollars! A most delightful sum. He needed it every cent within an hour. Also he wanted from his safe-deposit box enough A1 collateral to secure loans of twenty and thirty thousand, respectively. But first would Mr. Edwards kindly call up and get second option on all Arkansas timber lands represented by Haynes, ...
— Golden Stories - A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers • Various



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



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