lockbox
Americannoun
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a strongbox.
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a rented post office box equipped with a lock.
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Also called lockout box. Television. a closed box, usually fitted with a lock, containing electronic equipment to unscramble cable television pictures for subscribers only: used especially to prevent children from watching programs with explicit sexual content.
Etymology
Origin of lockbox
Example Sentences
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Slaymaker said while "extreme", a lockbox for mobile phones would help improve the cinema experience.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
The handwritten formula is kept in a lockbox at an undisclosed Bank of America location in San Diego.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
Calvert kept the letters from her brother — which she still pulled out to read, just to feel close to him — in a lockbox in her closet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2025
Nick Dunne, a spokesman for Mayor Tishaura O. Jones, noted that judges are giving people the opportunity to have their cases dismissed if they show the court that they have purchased a lockbox.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
The worst news was that the crime-scene technicians had found something unusual in the charred rubble of the casino boat—a fireproof, waterproof lockbox that was packed with cash.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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