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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

Example Sentences

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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

Calling her Margaret Lydia McGlashan Burton instead of Janet Gray, the FBI arrested her, following charges that she had embezzled some $100,000 in two years from the cashbox of the Decatur Clinic.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Sure. Let’s get some of these cherries, too ” She grabbed a carton of those and walked to the guy behind the cashbox to pay.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks