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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Blair claims in his suit that property owner Ford, left his keys in a lockbox for Smith, which Blair says implies Ford would not be present at his property during the party. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025 Funding for Narcan and testing strips, in addition to $500,000 for drug disposal kits. $500,000 to provide lockboxes for places like veterinary offices that may have unsecured opioids. $7.7 million for capital projects, such room and board program and medication assisted treatment programs. Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2024 Vacationers and short-term rentals using lockboxes in Italy will have to find a new way to check in after a new nationwide ban. Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 7 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 12 Feb. 2025.

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