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Meanings of money box in English

Portuguese
caixa
Catalan
caixa de cabals
Spanish
caja de caudales

A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home.

        caixa
        Portuguese
        cofre
        Spanish
        caja registradora

        A strongbox for holding cash.

              cofre

              A container used to collect coins, often in form of a pig.

                    Small containers for holding coins.

                          Usage of money box in English
                          1
                          At home, Huw rook some money out of the money box.
                          Two lives
                          2
                          She opened her money box and walked down to the supermarket.
                          Coraline
                          3
                          Your money box must be bursting, for you've been hoarding up for ages.
                          The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story
                          4
                          The brand is the key to the money box.
                          The reach of a chef: beyond the kitchen
                          5
                          On the desk there was an ashtray crammed with cigar butts, and a minstrel money box.
                          Death Trance
                          6
                          The man paid for a ticket, then, leaning forward, stared eagerly at the open money box.
                          A Master's Degree
                          7
                          She has bought her children a money box that can only be opened with a tin opener.
                          The Guardian
                          8
                          Grand's taken charge of the money box.
                          The Rose in the Ring
                          9
                          As usual, Uncle Jabez was poring over his daybook and counting the cash in the japanned money box.
                          Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island; Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box
                          10
                          I will bet that the takings would not fill a money box or the foot of a stocking.
                          Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
                          11
                          The issue had come up in reference to an antique money box that used the word in its title.
                          Radio NZ
                          12
                          High up, on the cupboard, stood the money box, made of clay in the shape of a little pig.
                          Tell Me Another Story: The Book of Story Programs
                          13
                          Called the Junior Saver Account, its most prominent part is a sturdy plastic money box fashioned after an ATM machine.
                          The Irish Times
                          14
                          No get money box.
                          Kid Wolf of Texas / A Western Story
                          15
                          But you think, Ruth, that perhaps it was in this buried cave that old Mr. Tilton hid his money box?
                          Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island; Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box
                          16
                          He goes to the register and thinks he has just touched a money box when the police come and arrest him.
                          The new yorker
                          Translations for money box