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cashbox

American  
[kash-boks] / ˈkæʃˌbɒks /

noun

  1. a box or container for money, especially with compartments for coins and bills of different denominations.


Etymology

Origin of cashbox

First recorded in 1825–35; cash 1 + box 1

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She can recall the city outreach meetings for zoning and planning changes that turned Venice into a real estate cashbox decades ago and how few people showed up.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2024

Chinese Yuan bank notes are seen at a vendor's cashbox at a market in Beijing April 10, 2013.

From Reuters Dec. 27, 2021

A cashbox contained about 1,000 euros was also seized.

From BBC Apr. 5, 2011

It is payday, and in the cashbox Kermit finds only "three moths and a washer, more than we usually have."

From Time Magazine Archive

Jim the bouncer seems to recognize us from last week, and he takes our five-dollar bills and stacks them atop the other five-dollar bills in his little cashbox.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

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