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/sˈeɪfti-dəpˈɑzɪt/ Listen

Safety-deposit

noun

A fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables. Synonyms: deposit box, lockbox, safe-deposit, safe-deposit box, safety deposit box.

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"Safety-deposit" Quotes from Famous Books

... inkling of a suggestion of a financial panic money began to disappear. Nothing is so cowardly in its cautiousness as money. Scholarship comes next to it. The savings of years have the tightest grip on most human hands. As though by magic, money began hunting dark holes in stockings and cellars and safety-deposit boxes. And the hard grip of the panic was quickly felt everywhere. It was a fear panic. A ...

— Quiet Talks with World Winners • S. D. Gordon

... of diamonds, was intact; but in the top of the safe a huge hole was found—an irregular, round hole, big enough to put your foot through. Imagine it, Professor Kennedy, a great hole in a safe that is made of chrome steel, a safe that, short of a safety-deposit vault, ought to be about the ...

— The Silent Bullet • Arthur B. Reeve

Words linked to "Safety-deposit" : strongbox, safe-deposit, lockbox, safety deposit box, deedbox, safe-deposit box