cashbox

[ kash-boks ]

/ ˈkæʃˌbɒks /

a box or container for money, especially with compartments for coins and bills of different denominations.

Origin of cashbox

First recorded in 1825–35; cash¹ + box¹

The safe was not opened, the cashbox was closed, and had three thousand dollars in it.

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Then she rummaged in the box—seemingly beneath a lot of rubbish that filled it, and drew forth a japanned box—like a cashbox.

Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies |Alice B. Emerson
I should have begged you to call again tomorrow, for, at this late hour, my cashbox is closed.

The Adventurers |Gustave Aimard
He became profligate, got drunk at alehouses, sold his master's property to get money, or stole it out of the cashbox.

Bunyan |James Anthony Froude

For some seconds all the girls gazed spellbound at the frozen figure in the cashbox.

A Bed of Roses |W. L. George