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safekeeping

noun

Meaning

  1. The act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft
  2. The storage of assets in a protected area
  3. The responsibility of a guardian
  4. Not returning checks; a system wherein banks keep checks (cheques) that people write, rather than returning them to the account holder with their monthly statement.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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