lockbox

A box with a built-in lock; usually, a portable one.

Noun

  1. A box with a built-in lock; usually, a portable one.
    • Petric used his father's key to open a lockbox and remove a 9mm handgun and the game. - 2009 January 13, M. R. Kropko, “Video-game addiction rejected as defence”, in Toronto Star:

    Synonyms: strongbox safe safebox

Origin

From lock + box.

Forms

lockboxes

Related

boxlock locker poor box poorbox

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