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collection box

American  

noun

  1. a box or other container used to collect offerings of money, especially in a church.

  2. mailbox.


Example Sentences

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It has prompted an appeal for non-perishable food donations, with a collection box has been placed at Penn Hospital.

From BBC

The animals were captured using specially-designed traps filled with soft bedding and food, including oats, peanut butter, and Marmite -- which they find particularly delicious -- before being transferred to a footprint collection box.

From Science Daily

Honesty boxes are traditionally found on rural roadsides, offering local produce in return for a few coins dropped into a cash collection box.

From BBC

In Scotland, where honesty boxes are commonly found, a golf course allowed people to pay for their round by dropping money into a collection box.

From BBC

Under Connecticut law, voters using a collection box must drop off their completed ballots themselves, or designate certain family members, police, local election officials or a caregiver to do it for them.

From Washington Times