Meanings
plural honesty boxes
- 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 from the original on 17 May 2023Synonyms: honor box
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn unattended box for cash payments (for e.g. car parking or home-grown produce), relying on the honor system.
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