lockboxn.
/ˈlɒkbɒks/, U.S. /ˈlɑkˌbɑks/ 1. A box or rectangular mounting fixed to a door frame, wall, or other surface, into which the bolt of a lock slides when it is closed (cf. staple n.1 2). Also: the casing for a lock mechanism.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door fittings > devices for securing door > parts of
lockbox1799
chain-bolt1850
box1875
1799 Narr. P. Lyon 9 A large bar of iron which is fixed in the brick-work, and serves as a lock-box or staple.
1848 Sci. Amer. 22 Apr. 241/3 No force will be exerted in the proper direction to strike E, by the locking of the door—in other words, driving out the bolt from the lock box by the key operating the pinion.
1912 L. P. Lewis Railway Signal Engin. viii. 184 Where four gates are used, each lock-box is fitted up to receive two gate bolts.
1999 D. Diehl & M. Donnelly Medieval Furnit. 25/2 Open the lock box and remove the catch normally operated by the doorknob, leaving only the key-operated dead bolt in place.
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a. Chiefly U.S. A lockable box, case, or container.
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1848 G. Harley Guide to Landscape Drawing (advt.) Lock Boxes, twelve cakes, pencil, &c , French polished.
1885 15th Ann. Rep. Public Charities Pennsylvania 114 Each boy has a separate lock-box for depositing clothing and other possessions.
1916 Amer. City Feb. 209/2 (heading) A lock box for water meters.
1961 E. M. Coulter James Monroe Smith vi. 74 Each prisoner had..a lock-box where he could keep safe any belongings.
2004 J. Denby Billie Morgan i. 4 There's a steel lock-box under my bed crammed with tatty notebooks.
b. U.S. A lockable delivery box for mail, typically one of a number placed together in a communal area of a building; a mailbox; (in early use) spec. such a box at a post office, identified by a number and used as a postal address. Now historical.
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society > communication > correspondence > postal services > equipment for sending or delivering mail > [noun] > post- or letter-box > delivery letter-box
letterbox1801
lockbox1854
mailbox1871
postbox1954
1854 Weekly Raleigh (N. Carolina) Reg. 5 Apr. We desire that all communications be through the Post Office, directed Lock Box 743, San Francisco.
1895 E. W. Townsend Daughter of Tenements xv. 159 The hall-boy called to him and directed his attention to his letters in his lock-box.
1906 M. E. Freeman By Light of Soul 384 She saw one letter slanted across the dusty glass of the box. It was not a lock box, and she had to ask the postmaster for the letter.
1951 Mich. Alumnus 27 Oct. 82/2 Student mail is distributed through individual combination lock boxes.
2006 P. T. Board Remembering Lee County 45 Until 1965, you could stop by this..post office and pick up your mail from the open-air lockboxes.
3. Chiefly U.S. A service provided by a bank whereby it receives, processes, and deposits all of a company's payments received by mail. Frequently attributive.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > specific banking procedures
standing order1619
out-clearing1836
credit transfer1847
clearance1858
resumption1866
money transfer1873
in-clearing1878
wire transfer1878
clearing1883
giro1896
lockbox1957
transfer payment1964
disintermediation1966
reintermediation1970
1957 Banking May 164/1 Called the postal remittance plan or ‘Lock Box Plan,’ by some of the nation's large regional banks.
1969 J. T. Connor in P. F. Drucker Preparing Tomorrow's Business Leaders Today iii. 39 Developments and refinements in transactions procedures..include lock-box services for collection of funds.
2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 19 Jan. i. 19/3 Today, canceled checks are imaged at the lockbox and sent to us the next day by electronic file.
2012 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 16 Apr. If you pay by check or money order, that first goes to a lockbox bank that is equipped to process a whole lot of mail.
4. U.S. Politics. A legal provision whereby government funds deriving from a particular source are designated for a specific purpose and may not be spent on other government activities. Frequently attributive.
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1987 N.Y. Times 21 Feb. 9/2 The Governor still plans to establish a ‘lockbox’ fund to set aside and return any windfall revenues that are collected above his $1.67 billion estimate.
1994 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 June a10 A ‘lock box’ plan that would assure that spending cuts would go for deficit reduction and not for other programs.
2000 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 June a28/2 Mr. Gore defended his plan for a ‘lock box’ to safeguard surging Medicare revenues, citing ‘legal requirements’ that the money be used only for Medicare.
2013 Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City) (Nexis) 18 Jan. Al Gore wanted to put the budget surplus into a lockbox, while George W. Bush wanted to return it to the voters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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