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Definitions: Safe-deposit |
Safe-depositAdjective1. Safe for the storage of valuables; "kept the deed in his safe-deposit box at the bank". Noun1. A fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "safe-deposit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1907. (references) |
Synonyms: Safe-depositSynonyms: deposit box (n), lockbox (n), safe-deposit box (n), safety deposit box (n), safety-deposit (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: safe deposit box (finance), safe deposit charge (business, finance), safe deposit vault (finance), safe-custody charges (business, finance), safe-deposit box (public administration, medicine), safety deposit vault (finance), safety-deposit box (public administration, medicine), strong room (finance), vault. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Store | Storehouse, storeroom, storecloset; depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory; repertorium; promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine; buttery, larder, spence; garner, granary; cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom; thesaurus; bank; (treasury); armory; arsenal; dock; gallery, museum, conservatory; menagery, menagerie. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Safe-deposit |
| English words defined with "safe-deposit": safe-deposit box, safety-deposit. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "safe-deposit": safe deposit manager, SAFE-DEPOSIT-BOX RENTAL CLERK, SUPERVISOR, SAFETY DEPOSIT. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Safe-deposit" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Safe-deposit" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 80% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (singular) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "safe-deposit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 安全储" (safety-deposit). (various references) | |
Finnish | säilytys (conservation, maintenance, preservation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | páncélszekrény (safe, strong box). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 貸金庫 (safe-deposit box). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かしき"" (safe-deposit box, safety deposit box). (various references) | |
Korean | 안 한 예금. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | afe-depositsay.(various references) | |
Swedish | kassavalv (safe deposit, strongroom, strong-room, vault). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Safe-deposit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: safedeposit. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-f-i-o-p-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: dioptases. | |
-3 letters: adiposes, adoptees, deposits, despites, dioptase, epidotes, episodes, epitases, podestas, poetised, poetises, safetied, safeties, sidestep, soapiest, stapedes, steadies, topsides. | |
-4 letters: adipose, adoptee, apsides, atopies, deafest, defeats, deposes, deposit, despise, despite, despots, disease, dispose, disseat, dopiest, easiest, epidote, episode, fatsoes, feasted, fiestas, fissate, foisted, fossate, ideates, iodates, opiated, opiates, pasties, patsies, pesades, pesetas, petasos, petsais, podesta, podites, poesies, poetess, poetise, posited, potsies, sapotes, seaside, sedates, softies, sopited, sopites, speedos, tapises, toadies, topside. | |
-5 letters: adepts, adopts, asides, daises, dassie, defats, defeat, defies, deists, depose, depots, desist, despot, dieses, dipsas, dipsos, easies, epodes, eposes, espied, espies, estops, etapes, fasted, fatsos, feased, feases, feasts, feists, fessed, fiesta, fisted, foetid, foists, fossae, ideate, iodate, odists, opiate, paseos, passed, passee, pasted, pastes, pastie, pastis, patios, patois, peases, pedate, peised, peises, pesade, peseta, pestos, petsai, pietas, pissed, pistes, podite, poised, poises, posies, posits, posset, posted, potsie, ptoses, ptosis, sadist, safest, sapote, seated, sedate, seised, sepias, setose, siesta, sifted, soaped, softas, softie, sopite, spades, spaits, spates, speedo, speeds, speise, spited, spites, spodes, stades, stapes, steads, steeds, steeps, stiped, stipes, stoped, stopes, tassie, teased, teases, todies, topees, tossed, tsades, tsadis. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 66 65 2D 64 65 70 6F 73 69 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01100110 01100101 00101101 01100100 01100101 01110000 01101111 01110011 01101001 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a f e - d e p o s i t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0066 0065 002D 0064 0065 0070 006F 0073 0069 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536772711570718281857586 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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