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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

banker's box

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables
banker's box
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A file box: a cardboard box designed to hold paper files.

Etymology

A genericized trademark from the Bankers Box brand name (which itself was probably proprialized from the nonproprietary collocation at a time when cardboard file boxes were still novel and not widely known outside of certain occupations such as banking and insurance).

Inflected Forms

banker's boxes (plural)

Questions

What does banker's box mean?
A file box: a cardboard box designed to hold paper files.
Where does banker's box come from?
A genericized trademark from the Bankers Box brand name (which itself was probably proprialized from the nonproprietary collocation at a time when cardboard file boxes were still novel and not widely known outside of certain occupations such as banking and insurance).

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