lockbox

noun

lock·​box ˈläk-ˌbäks How to pronounce lockbox (audio)
: a box (such as a post-office box) that locks

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For instance, in 2010, a 2-year-old boy fatally shot himself with a gun his mother had left in a dresser drawer, forgetting to put it in her lockbox. John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2024 Authorities allege the teenager used his father's gun that was stored in a lockbox. Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024 The announcement this week came during Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month and as Congress considered other measures to curb veteran suicides, including a bill to provide vets firearm lockboxes, and calls to fix a veterans affairs suicide hotline. Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 27 Sep. 2024 Guests were to go to a utility pole in the alley behind Marina Tower and find a key inside one of the lockboxes. Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for lockbox 

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lockbox was in 1848

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“Lockbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lockbox. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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