coffer
A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safeA strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
» The new fee upsets tourists, but it causes a lot of money to flow into the city's coffers.
Die neue Gebühr stört Touristen, aber sie spült viel Geld in die Stadtkassen.
Новый сбор не нравится туристам, но приносит много денег в казну города.
Значение
значений: 5A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe.
Kassette, Geldkassette, Tresor
сунду́кsundúk, сейфsejf
a chest especially for storing valuables
An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
Kassetten, Kassette
an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
A temporary watertight structure used during underwater construction of bridges, causeways, ships, etc.
A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization.
c. 1610–1620 (written), 1661 (first published), Francis Bacon, Letter of Advice to the Duke of Buckingham He would discharge it without any great burden to the queen's coffers.
Kasse
казна́kazná
A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
Примеры
предложений: 11The new fee upsets tourists, but it causes a lot of money to flow into the city's coffers.
Новый сбор не нравится туристам, но приносит много денег в казну города.
deDie neue Gebühr stört Touristen, aber sie spült viel Geld in die Stadtkassen.
The government coffers are replete with funds.
The abbots filled their coffers with the proceeds from selling beer.
deDie Äbte füllten ihre Kassen mit dem Verkauf von Bier.
The abbots were filling their coffers with the proceeds from selling beer.
deDie Äbte füllten ihre Kassen mit dem Verkauf von Bier.
As soon as a coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs.
deSobald das Geld im Kasten klingt, die Seele in den Himmel springt.
Переводы
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Происхождение
From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“baFrom Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin. Cognate with German Koffer (“a suitcase”).
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