cash box
cash box — noun
1. a small strong container, often metal, that locks shut and holds coins and notes
a small strong container, often metal, that locks shut and holds coins and notes so they stay safe.
The bakery owner counted the day's coins and locked them inside the metal cash box.
lock [money] inside the cash box
Tunde kept the school fair takings in a small cash box under the table.
keep [takings] in a cash box
A thief broke the lock and emptied the cash box at the busy market stall.
Before the shop opened, Renata put fifty pounds of change into the cash box.
The charity volunteers carried a heavy cash box of donations back to the office.
- cash register
a machine on a shop counter that records sales and stores money, not a simple portable box
- till
British word for the money drawer or box at a shop counter
- safe
a much heavier, fixed strongbox for long-term storage, not carried around
用法筆記
Subject or object is usually a person handling money for a shop, stall, or event; the container itself is portable and lockable, unlike a fixed safe or a cash register.