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honesty box

honesty box noun: an unattended box for cash payments (for e.g. car parking or home-grown produce), relying on the honor system.

Noun

honesty box (plural honesty boxes)

  1. An unattended box for cash payments (for e.g. car parking or home-grown produce), relying on the honor system.
    • He was inspired by his grandfather who, in the late 1970s, used to leave a wheelbarrow at the gates of the family farm filled with turnips and cabbages, and an honesty box for people to pay.2020 April 18, Fiona Harvey, “Meat and veg vending machines do roaring trade in coronavirus crisis”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
    Synonyms:
    honor box

Synonyms of honesty box

Forms of honesty box

pluralhonesty boxes

Questions about honesty box

What does honesty box mean?
Honesty box means an unattended box for cash payments (for e.g. car parking or home-grown produce), relying on the honor system.
What part of speech is honesty box?
Honesty box is a noun.
What is the plural of honesty box?
The plural of honesty box is honesty boxes.

Words near honesty box in the dictionary

  1. honestones
  2. honests
  3. honesty
  4. honesty bar
  5. honesty bars
  6. honesty box
  7. honesty boxes
  8. honesty is the best policy
  9. honesty jar
  10. honesty jars
  11. honewort

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