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Meaning of "honesty box" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HONESTY BOX

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HONESTY BOX

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Honesty box is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HONESTY BOX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Honesty box

An honesty box is a method of charging for a service such as admission or car parking, or for a product such as home-grown produce and flowers, which relies upon each visitor paying at a box using the honour system. Tickets are not issued and such sites are usually unattended. When used in camping sites and other park settings, they are sometimes referred to as an iron ranger as there is often an iron cash box instead of an actual park ranger. Some stores also use them for selling newspapers to avoid queues at a till. Such boxes are typically used in rural areas where the low number of customers and other visitors, along with the low quantity and/or value of the products on offer, means that an attendant would not bring a positive return on investment. Many are also domestically-run operations where attendance is not feasible.

Definition of honesty box in the English dictionary

The definition of honesty box in the dictionary is a container into which members of the public are trusted to place payments when there is no attendant to collect them.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HONESTY BOX

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honest to God
honest-to-God
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honestly
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honesty
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honewort
honey
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honey bear
honey buzzard
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honey locust
honey mesquite

WORDS THAT END LIKE HONESTY BOX

black box
collection box
commentary box
ditty box
glory box
jewellery box
jockey box
jury box
light box
music box
offertory box
out of the box
penalty box
play box
PO box
sentry box
suggestion box
the box
tool box
vanity box

Synonyms and antonyms of honesty box in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «honesty box» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HONESTY BOX

Find out the translation of honesty box to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of honesty box from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «honesty box» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

诚实箱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caja de honestidad
570 millions of speakers

English

honesty box
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ईमानदारी बॉक्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مربع الصدق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

честность коробка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caixa de honestidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সততা বার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boîte de l´honnêteté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bar kejujuran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ehrlichkeit Box
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

正直ボックス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정직 상자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bar kejujuran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hộp trung thực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நேர்மை பார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रामाणिकपणा बार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dürüstlük bar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scatola di onestà
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Skrzynka uczciwość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чесність коробка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cutie onestitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κουτί ειλικρίνεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eerlikheid box
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ärlighet ruta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ærlighet boks
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of honesty box

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HONESTY BOX»

The term «honesty box» is normally little used and occupies the 139.946 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HONESTY BOX» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about honesty box

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HONESTY BOX»

Discover the use of honesty box in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to honesty box and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Breakup 2.0: Disconnecting over New Media
Janine responded in a fairly typical fashion for people who thought the honesty box was a bad idea: “You can be anonymous and you can tell people what you like think, but what's the point of that? You're just going to probably hurt their ...
Ilana Gershon, 2011
2
Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children
We asked her what was wrong and she told us, after a bit of prodding, that one of her Facebook friends had been making nasty comments about her, anonymously , for months, on an application called Honesty Box.50 Launched in 2007, and ...
Joel Bakan, 2011
3
The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the ...
... it would turn out that everything overlapped with everything else. 3 The Honesty Box All those years writing manuals telling. * For an example, see the Gallery section on http//:www/wisdomofwhores.com. * We often take urethral, vaginal and ...
Elizabeth Pisani, 2008
4
Door Supervising: the Low Profile Skills
This reduces the risk of someone attacking you or trying to pass without submitting to a search. There should also be a three-bin system in operation at any venue, the Honesty Box/Sin Bin, The Sharps Bin and The Glass Bin. s a searcher you ...
Ronnie Gamble, 2009
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The Price of Fish, New Edition: A New Approach to Wicked ...
A similar experiment at Newcastle University in the UK shows how easy it is to change people's perception of the context for honesty.8 The university canteen operated on an honesty box basis. There was no one to supervise the canteen, ...
Michael Mainelli, Ian Harris, 2011
6
Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How ...
A notice nearby asked drinkers topaya smallfeefor their beverages—30 pence for tea, 50 pence for coffee, and 10 pence for milk—but the pile of coins inside the honesty box accumulated slowly, while tea, coffee, and milk supplies shrank ...
Adam Alter, 2013
7
The Facebook Datebook for Men
Since joining Facebook a few years ago, nothing made me more excited than the Honesty Box application. This application allows you to anonymously message anyone on your friends list—the only thing they know and see about you is your ...
Flyness, 2009
8
People Will Talk: The Surprising Science of Reputation
Instead, the researchers use an honor system, putting their money into an honesty box. Melissa Bateson, an animal behavior researcher in the department, looks after the box. In early 2006, she began tinkering with the sign that shows the ...
John Whitfield, 2011
9
A Kit Bag for Promoting Positive Behaviour in the Classroom
Honesty box To encourage children to tell the truth, ask them to design an honesty box with slips of paper stored at the side. If/when there's an incident which requires a child to tell the truth encourage her to write her comments and name on ...
Nicola Morgan, Gill Ellis, 2011
10
Behind the Scenes at the Museum of Baked Beans: My Search ...
At the very end of the tour, which on average takes between two and four hours, you hand in your wand at the canteen and are then encouraged to put £6.50 per adult, or £4.50 for children, into an honesty box. It just lies there on a little table, ...
Hunter Davies, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HONESTY BOX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term honesty box is used in the context of the following news items.
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Honesty box taken from community facility near Dorchester
STAFF who run a community facility on the edge of Dorchester say they are 'disappointed' that their honesty box has been taken. Future Roots at Whitfield runs a ... «Dorset Echo, Jul 15»
2
Daily Mail - insurers will have to show last years premium on …
Insurers will be told to print an honesty box highlighting why a customers car or home cover premium has been raised, it has been revealed. «Auto Body Professionals Club, Jul 15»
3
Potato vending machines are now a thing in Scotland
... potato producers who came up with the idea, describe their novel business as an extension of the farmgate honesty box to Farmers Weekly. «Agriland, Jul 15»
4
Your support means so much to our group
Any unsold plants went to committee member Ann Louth's garden to be offered with an honesty box and a further £104.80 was raised there, ... «Hayling Islander, Jul 15»
5
Insurance giants will say why they're hiking rates in victory for the …
Insurers will be told to print an 'honesty box' highlighting why a customer's car or home cover premium has been raised, it has been revealed. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Tewkesbury residents' anger at people urinating against public toilets
She believed the answer to the problem might be to have an honesty box in the toilets next to a sign that made it clear that donations would ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Jul 15»
7
Spud vending machine diversification proves critics wrong
The Grewars describe their novel business as an extension of the farmgate honesty box. “Our farm isn't on a road that merits a farm shop, yet ... «FarmersWeekly, Jul 15»
8
First crime on the Scottish island of Canna in fifty years
The owner said that everybody had deposited money in the honesty box when she had not been there, and she also added that from now on ... «Blasting News, Jun 15»
9
North police chief “hopeful” of tracking down Canna thieves
The main shop on Canna, which operates an honesty box policy, was cleaned out earlier this month – and another business which sells crafts ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jun 15»
10
Visiting canoe club denies being behind crimewave on Scottish …
... ran on an honesty system for four years, where residents would write down what they'd taken and put necessary money in the 'honesty box'. «Scottish Daily Record, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Honesty box [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/honesty-box>. Apr 2024 ».
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