| 单词 | night safe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnight safe night safe n. a safe built into the outside wall of a bank, into which money, etc., may be deposited when the bank is closed. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money box or chest > [noun] > safe safe1668 safe deposit1768 salamander safe1840 box1891 pete1909 keister1913 night safe1930 pete box1930 1930 W. Thomson Dict. Banking (ed. 7) 501/2 Night safes, in order that customers may deposit cash or cheques after a bank has closed for the day or for the week-end, night safes were introduced in 1928. The entrance to these safes is in the outside wall of the bank, the opening being fitted with a locked cover to which customers who wish to avail themselves of the safe are supplied with a key. 1984 F. Forsyth Fourth Protocol i. 10 He feared the couple in the Jaguar might pause to drop the diamonds into the night safe. < as lemmas |
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