honesty box
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Megan Jackson, from Hetton-le-Hole, Sunderland, bakes and displays her own treats with an honesty box, which trusts customers to pay the correct amount of money while unattended.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
Laura stays up late to bake once a month, so they can fill their honesty box - or bake shed - in order to raise money, and awareness.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
But she says QR codes change the dynamics of an honesty box, and the sense of trust.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
She installed the honesty box earlier this year and it has brought in enough money to pay the rent at her bakery on a nearby industrial estate.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
Radiohead put out In Rainbows as a digital download in 2007 employing an "honesty box" scheme.
From The Guardian • Dec. 25, 2010
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