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(kɒfəʳ)
Word forms: plural coffers
1. countable noun
A coffer is a large strong chest used for storing valuable objects such as money or gold and silver.
[old-fashioned]
2. plural noun [noun NOUN]
The coffers of an organization consist of the money that it has to spend, imagined as being collected together in one place.
The money goes towards sports, as well as swelling the coffers of the government. [+ of]
Large private companies have long been contributors to party coffers.
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coffer in British English

(ˈkɒfə)
noun
1. 
a chest, esp for storing valuables
2. (usually plural)
a store of money
3.  Also called: caisson, lacuna
an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling, dome, etc
4. 
a watertight box or chamber
5. 
a.  short for cofferdam
b. 
a recessed panel in a concrete, metal, or timber soffit
verb (transitive)
6. 
to store, as in a coffer
7. 
to decorate (a ceiling, dome, etc) with coffers
Word origin
C13: from Old French coffre, from Latin cophinus basket, from Greek kophinos

coffer in American English

(ˈkɔfər; ˈkɑfər)
noun
1. 
a chest or strongbox for keeping money or valuables
2.  [pl.]
a treasury; funds
3. 
a decorative sunken panel as in a vault, dome, etc.
4. 
a cofferdam
5. 
a lock in a canal
verb transitive
6. 
to enclose in a coffer or chest
7. 
to furnish with decorative sunken panels
Word origin
ME < OFr cofre, a chest < L cophinus: see coffin

Examples of 'coffer' in a sentence
coffer

It has been a damaging week for the family coffers.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This would substantially boost government coffers but also drive prices lower.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Their desire to concrete the countryside and swell their own coffers is perfectly understandable.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This means that the public coffers pay far more to a banker than a checkout assistant.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The net effect on government coffers would not be entirely positive.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Millions in extra cash swelled the coffers of sports organisations.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The move would bring badly needed cash for the public coffers.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Fresh subscriptions of cash have swelled its coffers.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The demands of modern life are so great that they can be met only by two incomes filling the family coffers.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The project was shelved when it was realized the nation 's coffers were empty.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
This would be a hollow enough victory if the party 's coffers were overflowing.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The increase in membership will provide a huge financial boost to the party 's coffers.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
 Government coffers will also suffer - the tax take from stamp duty has halved.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This very punitive approach to stamp duty may deter people from moving and making their contribution to the government 's coffers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Instead, some enterprises owned by the foundation have been performing so badly that they have been bailed out with money from charity coffers.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Perhaps if they had not been plundering the nation 's coffers and avoiding tax then more money would have been available for the war.
The Sun (2009)
Suppliers must pay up as early as possible, rather than use small businesses as a form of credit to boost their own coffers.
The Sun (2008)
Sometimes he did: the unexplained absences would dry up, the family coffers would swell and we would become a normal family again.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Although various grants covered just over half the bill for the 2004 renovations, most of the money has come from the family coffers.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)

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In other languages
coffer

British English: coffer NOUN
A coffer is a large strong chest used for storing valuable objects such as money or gold and silver.
  • American English: coffer
  • Brazilian Portuguese: baú
  • Chinese: 银柜
  • European Spanish: cofre
  • French: coffre
  • German: Truhe
  • Italian: forziere
  • Japanese: 貴重品箱
  • Korean: 금고
  • European Portuguese: baú
  • Latin American Spanish: cofre

(noun) 
Definition
a chest for storing valuables
Crossing to her clothes coffer, she jerked the lid up.
Synonyms
chest
At the very bottom of the chest were some carving tools.
case
There was a ten-foot long stuffed alligator in a glass case.
repository
The church became a repository for police files.
casket
a jewellery casket made from French walnut
treasure chest
strongbox
kist (Scottish, NorthernEngland, dialect)
treasury
These records are a treasury of information.
ark (dialect)
(plural noun) 
Definition
a store of money
The problem is the lack of hard currency in the state's coffers.
Synonyms
funds
The concert will raise funds for medical research.
finances
reserves
assets
The group has assets worth billions of euros.
treasury
vaults
means
He did not have the means to compensate her.
capital

Additional synonyms

in the sense of assets
The group has assets worth billions of euros.
Synonyms
property,
goods,
means,
holdings,
money,
funds,
effects,
capital,
riches,
finance,
reserves,
resources,
estate,
wealth,
valuables,
possessions
in the sense of case
Definition
a container, such as a box or chest
There was a ten-foot long stuffed alligator in a glass case.
Synonyms
cabinet,
box,
chest,
holder
in the sense of casket
Definition
a small box for valuables
a jewellery casket made from French walnut
Synonyms
box,
case,
chest,
coffer,
ark (dialect),
jewel box,
coffret,
kist (Scottish, NorthernEngland, dialect)

Nearby words of
coffer

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  • coeval
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  • cogent
  • cogitate

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