money box

money box
noun
1. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
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the coin bank was empty

Syn: ↑savings bank, ↑coin bank, ↑bank
Hypernyms: ↑container
Hyponyms: ↑piggy bank, ↑penny bank
2. a strongbox for holding cash
Syn: ↑cashbox, ↑till
Hypernyms: ↑strongbox, ↑deedbox
Hyponyms: ↑cash register, ↑register

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1. a cashbox.
2. Chiefly Brit. a small, lidded receptacle for keeping, collecting, or saving coins, usually with a slot for their insertion.
[1575-85]

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money box noun
A box for collecting or saving money, usu with a slit for insertion
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Main Entry:money

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noun, pl ⋯ boxes [count]
chiefly Brit : a box that has a narrow opening in the top and that is used for saving coins

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ˈmoney box [money box money boxes] noun (especially BrE)
a small closed box with a narrow opening and sometimes with a lock and key, into which children put coins as a way of saving money

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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