cashbox

[kash-boks]

noun

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

Origin of cashbox

First recorded in 1825–35; cash¹ + box¹

The safe was not opened, the cashbox was closed, and had three thousand dollars in it.
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
He was counting rents in his cashbox in the front parlour, and she had come to him, and was leaning over his shoulder.
Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)
Arnold Bennett
Lucien heard a sound as of coins dropping into a cashbox, and the veteran began to make up his books for the day.
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
Honore de Balzac
I should have begged you to call again tomorrow, for, at this late hour, my cashbox is closed.
The Adventurers
Gustave Aimard
Then she rummaged in the box—seemingly beneath a lot of rubbish that filled it, and drew forth a japanned box—like a cashbox.
Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies
Alice B. Emerson