Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Providing safe storage for valuables of any kind, such as bullion, bonds, documents, etc.: as, a safe-deposit company; safe-deposit vaults.
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- adjective Safe enough to
store valuables securely - noun A
safe-deposit box
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables
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Examples
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Another is for a safe-deposit box that her bank had neglected to tell me about until after her death.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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Demand for safe-deposit boxes is up this year in Portugal, bankers say, as depositors seek alternatives to accounts, which can be frozen in case the country goes bankrupt or exits the euro.
Beyond Borders: Europeans Stash Money Elsewhere Deborah Ball 2011
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The man's lawyer told Muller he had a Honus Wagner card in a safe-deposit box.
Surprise Trading Card Donation To Get Nuns Big Bucks At Auction AP 2010
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` I'll make it explicit enough, confound him, 'father declared, and departed for the bank to get the stock in question from his safe-deposit box.
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The man's lawyer told Muller he had a Honus Wagner card in a safe-deposit box.
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The man's lawyer told Muller he had a Honus Wagner card in a safe-deposit box.
Surprise Trading Card Donation To Get Nuns Big Bucks At Auction AP 2010
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The man's lawyer told Muller he had a Honus Wagner card in a safe-deposit box.
Surprise Trading Card Donation To Get Nuns Big Bucks At Auction AP 2010
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Sitting in a safe-deposit box in a discreet bank in Geneva, Switzerland— along with ten passports with ten other bogus names on them—was his genuine passport, the one imprinted with his real name: Orville Timken.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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The man's lawyer told Muller he had a Honus Wagner card in a safe-deposit box.
Surprise Trading Card Donation To Get Nuns Big Bucks At Auction AP 2010
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A start panel of four contestants compete to answer questions which open safe-deposit boxes stuffed with money.
TV looks to new era of interactive game shows to lure the Facebook generation 2012
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