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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

Gulf, whose cashbox is bulging from oil gushers in Kuwait, was moved by the same considerations that drew its competitors to fertilizer companies.

From Time Magazine Archive

I glanced at it, couldn't understand it, looked at it harder, and decided to pocket the money with the note instead of putting it in the cashbox I'd make it up with Mother.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

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