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paybox

paybox noun: a box for holding money to be distributed as payment.

Noun

paybox (plural payboxes)

  1. A box for holding money to be distributed as payment.
  2. A small booth or ticket office at a cinema, carnival, etc. where payment is taken from customers.
  3. A telephone booth with a payphone.
    • He got up and moved to the front of the bus without looking back. At the next stop he got off the bus and made straight for the nearest drugstore. He shut himself into the paybox.1954, Ian Fleming, “Nigger Heaven”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 44

Forms of paybox

pluralpayboxes

Origin of paybox

From pay + box.

Questions about paybox

What does paybox mean?
Paybox means a box for holding money to be distributed as payment.
What part of speech is paybox?
Paybox is a noun.
What is the plural of paybox?
The plural of paybox is payboxes.

Words near paybox in the dictionary

  1. paybills
  2. paybob
  3. paybobs
  4. paybook
  5. paybooks
  6. paybox
  7. payboxes
  8. paycation
  9. paycheck
  10. paychecks
  11. paycheque

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