Definition of "money-box" [money-box]

• A box for holding money or for receiving contributions of money. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I continued on as sturdy as an unbreakable money-box."
• "He gives a revolution as a tradesman whose money-box is empty gives a ball."
• "Just without the city gate, on the Albara road, is a small house, with an altar in it, and a stationary money-box: also for the benefit of the souls in Purgatory."