coffer

  • 31Coffer —    The receptacle or small box placed beside the ark by the Philistines, in which they deposited the golden mice and the emerods as their trespass offering (1 Sam. 6:8, 11, 15) …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 32coffer — Synonyms and related words: Fort Knox, bank, bundle away, bursary, cache, cash register, cashbox, chest, coin box, deposit, depository, exchequer, file, fisc, gold depository, hutch, lay away, lay down, lay in, lay in store, locker, lodge, money… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 33coffer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chest, strong box, vault; (pl.) treasury. See receptacle. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. chest, strongbox, safe, vault …

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  • 34coffer — cof|fer [ˈkɔfə US ˈko:fər, ˈka: ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: coffre, from Latin cophinus; COFFIN] 1.) sb s coffers the money that an organization, government etc has available to spend ▪ The money from the exhibition should swell… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 35coffer — cof|fer [ kafər ] noun 1. ) coffers plural the supply of money that an organization has available to spend 2. ) count a large strong box used for keeping valuable things in, especially in the past …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 36coffer — cougher …

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  • 37coffer — sb. 1925 B …

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  • 38coffer — cof·fer || kÉ’fÉ™ n. treasure chest; treasury; strongbox v. store in a chest …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 39coffer — n. 1. Chest, box, casket, trunk. 2. Money chest, strong box, safe. 3. (Arch.) Sunk panel, caisson, lacunar …

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  • 40coffer — noun (C) 1 coffers the money that an organization, government, etc, has available to spend: What happened to the money put into the union coffers three years ago? 2 a large strong box often decorated with jewels, silver, gold etc, and used to… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English