safe-deposit

[ seyf-di-poz-it ]

adjective

1. providing safekeeping for valuables:

   a safe-deposit vault.

safe-deposit

noun

1. 1. a place or building with facilities for the safe storage of money or valuables
   2. ( as modifier )

      a safe-deposit box

Word History and Origins

Origin of safe-deposit¹

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Example Sentences

Copyright renewed 1969 by August Mencken and Mercantile Safe Deposit Trust Co.

From The Daily Beast

Conspiracy theories, death plots, and a mysterious Federal Reserve safe-deposit box feature prominently.

From The Daily Beast

It's a cinch that we interrupted, and it's still in its little safe-deposit vault.

From Project Gutenberg

Together we went to the International Safe Deposit vaults, rented a box, and put in it the map.

From Project Gutenberg

She had taken her gems from their prison in the safe-deposit box in the Trust Company cellar.

From Project Gutenberg

The letter I believe to have been a formal authority to the Safe Deposit people to allow the bearer to open that safe.

From Project Gutenberg

Indeed, I got these from the Safe Deposit only this morning.

From Project Gutenberg