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SAFE DEPOSIT BOX

Specialty Definition: SAFE DEPOSIT BOX

DomainDefinition

Finance

A lockable deposit box in the vault, which can be leased out to the bank's customers. Source: European Union. (references)
 A container in a secure vault that is rented to an individual or organization for the safekeeping of valuables. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: SAFE DEPOSIT BOX

Synonym by domain: safe-deposit (finance).

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Modern Usage: SAFE DEPOSIT BOX

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I mean, who has a safe deposit box full of money and fake passports and a gun? (The Bourne Identity; writing credit: Tony Gilroy)

And this is the safe deposit box key. Where'd you find them? (Zero Effect; writing credit: Jake Kasdan)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: SAFE DEPOSIT BOX

SubjectTopicQuote

Travel

Guatemala

Leave valuables in the hotel's safe deposit box. (references)

Vietnam

A good rule is to carry with you only what you can afford to lose, and leave the rest in the hotel safe deposit box or in-room safe. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: SAFE DEPOSIT BOX

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

safe deposit box

68

bank safe deposit box

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SAFE DEPOSIT BOX

Language Translations for "SAFE DEPOSIT BOX"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Sicherheitskasten, schließfach (locker, po box, post office box), banksafe. (various references)

   

Italian

  

cassetta di sicurezza (safe deposit, safety-deposit). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

afesay epositday oxbay

   

Portuguese

  

cofre (ash-bin, cashier's stand, chest, coffer, dower-chest, fund, money box, safe, save-all, strongbox, vault), caixa-forte (box). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

caja de seguridad. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kassafack, bankfack. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ตู้นิร ัยของธนาคารที่รับฝากของมีค่า. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

çelik kasa (safe, strongbox). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SAFE DEPOSIT BOX

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-f-i-o-o-p-s-s-t-x"

-4 letters: speedboats.

-5 letters: dioptases, epistaxes, exposited, postboxes, postfixed, postfixes, soapboxes, speedboat.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Synonyms
2. Usage: Modern
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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