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View synonyms for cashbox

cashbox

[ kash-boks ]

noun

  1. a box or container for money, especially with compartments for coins and bills of different denominations.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cashbox1

First recorded in 1825–35; cash 1 + box 1

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Example Sentences

I remembered Miss Plinlimmon's account of the stolen cashbox.

But she did not say anything then to Helen about the pearl necklace, and the cashbox of Queen Zelaya.

There in the summer-house he found the Major, who meanwhile had fetched his cashbox from the house and locked the chart up in it.

He became profligate, got drunk at alehouses, sold his master's property to get money, or stole it out of the cashbox.

I put on my cloak, took some money which was my own out of my cashbox, and at half-past twelve heard the mail-coach approaching.

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