Coffer
noun
A box or chest to hold things, usually valuable ones.
She kept her jewelry in a small coffer on her dresser.
Often appears as...
- coffer of jewels
- golden coffer
noun
The funds or financial resources of a group or institution.
The government is finding ways to replenish its depleted coffers.
Often appears as...
- state's coffer
- empty coffer
Usage tips
Neutral
noun
In architecture, a decorative sunken panel in a ceiling or vault.
The hotel lobby featured a beautiful ceiling covered in ornate coffers.
Often appears as...
- coffer ceiling
- ornate coffer
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A box or chest to hold things, usually valuable ones.
She kept her jewelry in a small coffer on her dresser.
Often appears as...
- coffer of jewels
- golden coffer
noun
The funds or financial resources of a group or institution.
The government is finding ways to replenish its depleted coffers.
Often appears as...
- state's coffer
- empty coffer
Usage tips
Neutral
noun
In architecture, a decorative sunken panel in a ceiling or vault.
The hotel lobby featured a beautiful ceiling covered in ornate coffers.
Often appears as...
- coffer ceiling
- ornate coffer
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Security
A coffer often refers to an item used for protecting valuables from theft or damage.
He placed his grandfather's watch in a coffer for safekeeping.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Treasure
'Coffer' can evoke images of historical or pirate treasure, giving it an adventurous feel.
The explorers discovered an ancient coffer buried beneath the sand.
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Where is cybercrime...
Only one you're not talking to the bank. You're talking to the criminals. They had built an English-speaking help desk, fake overlays to the banking website. And this was so flawlessly executed that they were moving between a half a million and a million and a half dollars per attempt into their criminal coffers.
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Bran Ferren: To create...
To make it even structurally possible, they had to invent super-strong concrete, and to control weight, varied the density of the aggregate as they worked their way up the dome. For strength and lightness, the dome structure used five rings of coffers, each of diminishing size,
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Drowning in Grain: A...
so we've got a situation here with a farmer or child isn't trapped in a grain we've got plastic coffers here and we'll be placing these on each side of the victim these are actually going to protect the victim from the corn to get the corn from collapsing in on
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Iqbal Quadir: The power...
And the company contributed about 190 million dollars to the government coffers. And again, here are some of the lessons. "The government needs to provide economically viable services." Actually, this is an instance where private companies can provide that.
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Gorilla Tourism PIPE...
a percentage of that revenue goes into the community's coffers boosting incomes and funding projects like new schools in this country where the average income is only about three hundred dollars a year a little bit goes a long way the money
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3 ways to uproot a...
trying to protect Karura Forest was not an isolated incident. The corruption and greed that manifested itself then is alive and well today, from greedy politicians and public servants willing to loot public coffers
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
and we're asking them to negotiate a police force that is entering poor communities of color, not for the purposes of promoting public safety, but to make arrest counts, to line city coffers.
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Coffee Currency PIPE Hard...
courtesy of prison is coffee is that if is that I packed a secret they just day by his pace and coffers inmates can only buy coffee crystals from the inmate store but they parcel them out as
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Africa is open for...
money into the NGOs coffers I don't think it's done very much for Africa in fact I think in many ways it is killing the best chance in Africa has for development because our world order our
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A vision for the future...
because the previous government had virtually emptied the coffers. We clamped down on corruption, closed up the loopholes for fraud and waste, and we watched the money build up.
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Where is cybercrime...
Only one you're not talking to the bank. You're talking to the criminals. They had built an English-speaking help desk, fake overlays to the banking website. And this was so flawlessly executed that they were moving between a half a million and a million and a half dollars per attempt into their criminal coffers.
Video examples
Bran Ferren: To create...
To make it even structurally possible, they had to invent super-strong concrete, and to control weight, varied the density of the aggregate as they worked their way up the dome. For strength and lightness, the dome structure used five rings of coffers, each of diminishing size,
Video examples
Drowning in Grain: A...
so we've got a situation here with a farmer or child isn't trapped in a grain we've got plastic coffers here and we'll be placing these on each side of the victim these are actually going to protect the victim from the corn to get the corn from collapsing in on
Video examples
Iqbal Quadir: The power...
And the company contributed about 190 million dollars to the government coffers. And again, here are some of the lessons. "The government needs to provide economically viable services." Actually, this is an instance where private companies can provide that.
Video examples
Gorilla Tourism PIPE...
a percentage of that revenue goes into the community's coffers boosting incomes and funding projects like new schools in this country where the average income is only about three hundred dollars a year a little bit goes a long way the money
Video examples
3 ways to uproot a...
trying to protect Karura Forest was not an isolated incident. The corruption and greed that manifested itself then is alive and well today, from greedy politicians and public servants willing to loot public coffers
Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
and we're asking them to negotiate a police force that is entering poor communities of color, not for the purposes of promoting public safety, but to make arrest counts, to line city coffers.
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Coffee Currency PIPE Hard...
courtesy of prison is coffee is that if is that I packed a secret they just day by his pace and coffers inmates can only buy coffee crystals from the inmate store but they parcel them out as
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Africa is open for...
money into the NGOs coffers I don't think it's done very much for Africa in fact I think in many ways it is killing the best chance in Africa has for development because our world order our
Video examples
A vision for the future...
because the previous government had virtually emptied the coffers. We clamped down on corruption, closed up the loopholes for fraud and waste, and we watched the money build up.
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I'm not part of the friends-and-family club; I'm not part of the pay-to-play club; I'm not looking to get re-elected. I'm not looking to go to another office and fill my campaign coffers. I don't need any friends in Albany except the people of the state.
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Robert Greenwald
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Even though the Koch brothers' businesses put 4.4 million people at risk with pollutants, the Kochs have poured millions into lobbyists' coffers and political contributions to ensure their bottom line stays unchanged by the most basic safety precaution.
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Jesse Jackson
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The coffers are full of money and equipment for the Ferguson Police and the Missouri National Guard to put down a potential uprising, but no money for actually uplifting the people of Ferguson, St. Louis, Missouri and around the nation.
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Sidney Blumenthal
American Journalist
It was an absurd theory that by cutting taxes you would increase government revenues, because the growth of the economy would create an overflow of taxes that would fall into the government coffers.
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Tom Fitton
American Activist
Over the years, Judicial Watch reported on the many times Hillary and Bill Clinton used her position as secretary of state to reward their friends and line the coffers of their own foundation.
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Cory Gardner
American Politician
Funding for women's healthcare must actually go to fund women's healthcare, not to line the coffers of an organization under increased scrutiny for reprehensible, inhumane behavior.
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Matt Cartwright
American Politician
The bottom line is that weather events not only threaten private property and family budgets, but they also can decimate public resources and government coffers.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Lebanese Scientist
What we do today has nothing to do with capitalism or socialism. It is a crony type of system that transfers money to the coffers of bureaucrats.
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Manuel Moroun
American Businessman
We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
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Annie Lowrey
American Journalist
In the longer term, immigrants contribute more to the government's coffers than they receive in social spending. Moreover, these programs are not just welfare or a handout, but also an investment, helping ensure that families are healthy, educated, and able to work and support themselves over the course of generations.
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Carl Paladino
American Politician
I'm not part of the friends-and-family club; I'm not part of the pay-to-play club; I'm not looking to get re-elected. I'm not looking to go to another office and fill my campaign coffers. I don't need any friends in Albany except the people of the state.
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Robert Greenwald
American Director
Even though the Koch brothers' businesses put 4.4 million people at risk with pollutants, the Kochs have poured millions into lobbyists' coffers and political contributions to ensure their bottom line stays unchanged by the most basic safety precaution.
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Jesse Jackson
American Activist
The coffers are full of money and equipment for the Ferguson Police and the Missouri National Guard to put down a potential uprising, but no money for actually uplifting the people of Ferguson, St. Louis, Missouri and around the nation.
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Sidney Blumenthal
American Journalist
It was an absurd theory that by cutting taxes you would increase government revenues, because the growth of the economy would create an overflow of taxes that would fall into the government coffers.
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Tom Fitton
American Activist
Over the years, Judicial Watch reported on the many times Hillary and Bill Clinton used her position as secretary of state to reward their friends and line the coffers of their own foundation.
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Cory Gardner
American Politician
Funding for women's healthcare must actually go to fund women's healthcare, not to line the coffers of an organization under increased scrutiny for reprehensible, inhumane behavior.
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Matt Cartwright
American Politician
The bottom line is that weather events not only threaten private property and family budgets, but they also can decimate public resources and government coffers.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Lebanese Scientist
What we do today has nothing to do with capitalism or socialism. It is a crony type of system that transfers money to the coffers of bureaucrats.
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Manuel Moroun
American Businessman
We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
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