collection box

American  

noun

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

2. mailbox.

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Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

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 • Jan. 29, 2026

“Perforated lung” reads the sign on one collection box.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2023

Church officials say the thief stole money left by faithful in a collection box and opened, without damaging anything, a glass case that displays a tall statue depicting the saint.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2022

Why don’tcha drop a quarter in his collection box? 5TH JUROR: NOW wait a minute.

From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose