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Definition of Money box
1. Noun. A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home. "The coin bank was empty"
Generic synonyms: Container
Specialized synonyms: Penny Bank, Piggy Bank
2. Noun. A strongbox for holding cash.
Specialized synonyms: Cash Register, Register
Generic synonyms: Deedbox, Strongbox
Lexicographical Neighbors of Money Box
Literary usage of Money box
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1860)
"Bust and Money-box. Height, 13 inches. shields upon which the busts of deities and
... The pedestal is a cista, or money-box, upon the principle of the ..."
2. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)
"One penny in the money-box makes more noise than when it is full. Dutch. 26.
One penny is better on land than ten on the seas. Dan. 27. ..."
3. Seven Years in Ceylon: Stories of Mission Life by Mary Leitch (1890)
"... Sabbath-schools, no Bibles, and did not know of the Saviour whom he loved— he
looked up quickly in his mother's face and whispered, " Oh, my money-box ! ..."
4. The History of Paraguay: With Notes of Personal Observations, and by Charles Ames Washburn (1871)
"Picking a Money-Box. — Alleged Paraguayan Victories. — Prospect of American
Mediation. ON the 2Oth of December, about seven weeks after my return to ..."
5. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine (1819)
"S * The contents too of the money box in particular will prove, ... had not been
acquainted came into the money-box of Mr. O'Connor this sum of 97/., ..."
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