lockbox

noun

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

Examples of lockbox in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Guests were to go to a utility pole in the alley behind Marina Tower and find a key inside one of the lockboxes. Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024 The complaint accuses the teen of breaking into a valet lockbox at the Pfister Hotel on East Wisconsin Avenue. Jolan Kruse, Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2024 Her arrest was one day after an undercover federal agent posing as a hitman picked up $3,500 from a lockbox outside of her office that Russell had given him the code to open, prosecutors said. Krista Johnson, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024 At a hearing Wednesday, many New Yorkers recalled paying exorbitant fees to brokers who appeared to do little more than open a door to an apartment or direct them to a lockbox. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 13 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for lockbox 

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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 13 Sep. 2024.

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