honesty box
English
Noun
honesty box (plural honesty boxes)
- An unattended box for cash payments (for e.g. car parking or home-grown produce), relying on the honor system.
- Synonym: honor box
- 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 from the original on 2023-05-17:
- 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.
Related terms
References
- “honesty box”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
Further reading
honesty box on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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