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# lockbox

noun (a lockbox, lockboxes)

«lockbox» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A small box with a lock for keeping money, papers or valuables safe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockbox/#m1)
2. A small locked box, often on a door or wall, that holds a key so that visitors or workers can get in with a code. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockbox/#m2)
3. (US, business) A special bank service where payments are sent to a secure address. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockbox/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life a lockbox may hold house keys for a holiday rental, a cleaner or a carer; you open it with a number code. Families may keep important papers or a little money in a lockbox at home. Phrases: key lockbox, put it in the lockbox, the code for the lockbox.

### Examples

- The holiday house key was in a lockbox by the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockbox/#x1)
- Mum gave us the code for the lockbox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockbox/#x2)
- Grandpa keeps his medals in a lockbox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockbox/#x3)
- Don't tell anyone the lockbox code. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockbox/#x4)
- The money from the cake sale went into a lockbox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockbox/#x5)
- The nurse used the lockbox to let herself in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockbox/#x6)
- My lockbox has a little brass key. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockbox/#x7)
- The lockbox was bolted to the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockbox/#x8)

### Note

Countable: lockboxes (add -es). Often written as one word, sometimes as «lock box». Similar: safe (bigger and stronger), cash box, key safe (UK).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lockbox» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lockbox/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lockbox» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lockbox.html) on Mova free.