lockbox

noun

lock·​box ˈläk-ˌbäks How to pronounce lockbox (audio)
: a box (such as a post-office box) that locks

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Three days before his arrest, the fire department said an inspection of fire station medications at Station 4 on Leigh Avenue revealed a vial of morphine in a lockbox was tampered with. Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 19 May 2025 Stored in lockboxes or behind the counter Still, getting help in preventing pregnancy can often be a challenge, said Dr. Amanda Bryson, a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist at the University of California, San Francisco and an assistant professor of pediatrics. Sarah Varney, NBC news, 18 May 2025 Anatomy Financial, a digital document lockbox provider for health care practices, raised a $19 million Series A, CEO Sasha King tells Axios exclusively. Aaron Weitzman, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024 For instance, in 2010, a 2-year-old boy fatally shot himself with a gun his mother had left in a dresser drawer, forgetting to put it in her lockbox. John Diedrich, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for lockbox

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lockbox was in 1848

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“Lockbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lockbox. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.

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