Definition of Safe-deposit

1. Noun. A fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables.


Definition of Safe-deposit

1. Adjective. Safe enough to store valuables securely ¹

2. Noun. A safe-deposit box ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Safe-deposit

safari supper
safariboat
safaried
safarigoer
safarigoers
safariing
safarilike
safaris
safarist
safarists
safe
safe(p)
safe-conduct
safe-conducts
safe-cracker
safe-deposit (current term)
safe-deposit box
safe-guard
safe-guarded
safe-guarding
safe-guards
safe-keeping
safe and sound
safe area
safe as houses
safe conduct
safe harbor
safe harbors
safe haven
safe havens

Literary usage of Safe-deposit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"American Loan and Trust Co 600.000 Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co 600000 Boston Loan Co 100000 Collateral Loan Co 150000 I л («national Truit Co 600000 ..."

2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1914)
"Prohibiting a safe deposit company from permitting the removal of the contents of a safe deposit box after the death oí the renter, whether standing solely ..."

3. Index of Economic Material in the Documents of the States of the United by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Dept. of Economics and Sociology (1912)
"SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANIES 1893-1897. List of securities deposited with treasurer by Central Trust and Safe Deposit Co. (АЛ. treasurer 1892/3 (p. ..."

4. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"Table showing name, location, and capital stock of safe deposit cos. doing ... Stmts. of condition of safe deposit and storage cos. of NY compiled from ..."

5. The Modern Trust Company: Its Functions and Organization by Franklin Butler Kirkbride, Joseph Edmund Sterrett (1908)
"In the larger cities one finds separate companies doing only a safe deposit business, as well as safe deposit departments connected with banks and trust ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of National and State Banks: Including the Clearing by Harvey White Magee (1906)
"The business of conducting a safe deposit and building safe-deposit vaults, ... Where the bank conducts a safe deposit business for the benefit of its ..."

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