society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > safe deposit (3)
Something valuable stored in a secure place. Also figurative. Now rare.
(a) a box in which flammable gases can be safely confined in an industrial process; (b) = safe-deposit box n. at safe deposit, n. compounds 2; (c)…
attributive designating a vault, box, etc., for the secure storage of valuable items; (also) designating a company or service which offers such…