单词 | donation box |
释义 | > as lemmasdonation box a. A money box, for either private or public funds; (in later use) esp. a box for charitable donations. Often with defining word as collection box, donation box.See also charity-box n., poor man's box n., poor box n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money box or chest > [noun] boxc1300 packa1393 money coffer1525 money box1585 cashc1595 kista1625 shuttle1626 money chest1683 lob1718 cash-chest1719 bank coffer1797 casket1832 cash-box1834 Peter1859 c1300 Judas Iscariot (Harl.) l. 136 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 110 Þe teoþing of þulke boxes. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. i. l. 97 And boxes ben y-set [emended in ed. to broght] forþ bounden [emended in ed. to I-bounden] with yre. a1555 D. Lindsay Tragedie in Dialog Experience & Courteour (1559) sig. Sij I purcheist for, my proffect singulare My Boxsis and my Threasure, tyll auance The Byschopreik, of Merapose in France. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. i. 16 Nothing but an empty box Sir, which..I come to intreat your Honor to supply. View more context for this quotation 1789 Bury & Norwich Post 28 Jan. 3/1 The prisoners in the city gaol return their most grateful thanks to an unknown benefactor, for a guinea put into their donation box. 1820 Imputation of Theft: S. Bingham vs. J. Gardiner 4 I have discovered a one-pound note in my sleeve, which I suppose I must accidentally have taken up when I put my donation in the box. 1841 Western Temperance Jrnl. 1 Feb. 14/2 A very wealthy member of the church, gave a nod when the collection-box was presented to him. 1965 World Jewry July–Aug. 10/1 Some stop after a few steps and drop a few coins condescendingly into the box. 1999 B. G. Shapiro Reinventing Drama 103 Instead of a paper cup he is standing with a proper donation box. 2016 Observer (Nexis) 4 June (Business section) Charities whose rattling boxes are falling silent as cashless pedestrians pass by. < as lemmas |
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