lockbox

lockbox
/lok"boks'/, n.
1. a strongbox.
2. a rented post-office box equipped with a lock.
3. Also called lockout box. Television. a closed box, usually fitted with a lock, containing electronic equipment to unscramble cable television pictures for subscribers only: used esp. to prevent children from watching programs with explicit sexual content.
[1870-75, Amer.; LOCK1 + BOX1]

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