A box used for saving money in, with a slit in the top through which the money is dropped.
〈英〉储金盒，储蓄罐
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These boxes look flimsy and remind me of the old metal money boxes for children which the most adept could easily relieve of the collected treasure.
Men are more likely to save their change in a jar than women, money boxes being most popular with them.
The steel money box beside the bookstall was ripped out of the floor and removed.
And before that I always saved up my pennies in a money box for rainy days.
Her persistence led to a conviction and the recovery of a lava lamp and money box among the stolen goods.
And, although you feel terrible every time you do it, you lose count of the number of times you raid your children's money boxes.
The opportunity was ripe - seeing no register, I assumed there would be a money box of some sort, but a quick search about the room turned up nothing.
I can still remember my very first piggy-bank, which was a bright-red money box, given away by the bank to persuade children to save.
He said he took the video recorder and money box next-door to a friend and then went to bed.
The suspect then grabbed the money box with £61 cash and ran off down the road.
The thieves tried to steal a money box with $160 inside.
For example, if D steals £100 and places it in his own money box he cannot be convicted of handling stolen goods by retaining it.
The guard, who witnessed the robbery, said he saw his colleague walk out of the shop to his vehicle in the parking lot with the money box.
British banks have given away CD tokens, student rail cards and money boxes in an effort to woo new customers.
Its selection of free gifts includes a personal organiser, money box, a regular magazine and discounts on CDs and computer games.
She found her own secret money box, and grabbed some coins in a hurry.
The boy also grabbed a money box containing £100.
A circa - 1600s wooden money box from France serves as an end table.
They are then believed to have snatched £5,000 of items from the other home, including laptops, a digital camera, a camcorder and cash from children's money boxes.
The 10-year-old English Martyrs School pupil is donating the cash he has saved since Christmas in his safe money box to the Supporters' Trust.