coffer

/kaw-fer, kof-er/US // ˈkɔ fər, ˈkɒf ər //UK // (ˈkɒfə) //

保险箱,棺材,保险库,保险柜

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a box or chest, especially one for valuables.
- : coffers, a treasury; funds: The coffers of the organization were rapidly filled by the contributions.
- : any of various boxlike enclosures, as a cofferdam.
- : Also called caisson, lacunar. Architecture. one of a number of sunken panels, usually square or octagonal, in a vault, ceiling, or soffit.

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to deposit or lay up in or as in a coffer or chest.
- : to ornament with coffers or sunken panels.

nounlarge box

Forms: coffers

Synonyms

Plus, founders can avoid the spectacle of salespeople beating down their door when they find out the startup has cash in the coffers.
Kuaishou, which is backed by Tencent, now has a replenished coffer to invest in growth and hopefully work towards profitability.
Since the 1940s, advertisers have filled TV networks’ coffers in exchange for the opportunity to put their messages in front of huge audiences of potential consumers.
Kentucky, Montana, Vermont, and West Virginia have announced they’ll throw in an additional $100 per week from their own coffers, raising the enhanced benefit to $400 per week.
That’s not money that goes to our coffers, nor is it money that goes to our profits.
Hutch is an old word for chest or coffer, chiefly used now in the compound ‘rabbit-hutch.’
Then King Loc ordered another coffer to be opened, in which were only pearls.
When at last his rage subsided, he clasped his hands together and bent over the coffer once more.
With a hollow groan he fell forward over the coffer, striking his head upon the floor.
He took out the coffer and opened it; from it there fell out an apple, which rolled towards the couch.