coffer

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cof·fer /ˈkɒfə $ ˈkɒːfər, ˈkɑː-/ noun [countable]  1  somebody’s coffers MONEYthe money that an organization, government etc has available to spend 〔机构、政府等的〕资金 The money from the exhibition should swell the hospital’s coffers a little. 展览收入应该能让医院的资金略有增加。2. DHFa large strong box used to hold valuable or religious objects 保险柜，保险箱

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coffer• At first there was a period of confusion as porters, cursing and sweating, brought up bags, chests and coffers.• They fill their campaign coffers with money from the oligarchs and monopolists of timber, railroad, utilities and mining.• No money ever left the federal coffers without carrying a baggage of conditions, guidelines, and restrictions.• But of course it wishes to replenish its coffers.• Programs that hived off fortunes into their own coffers.• It won't be easy, not with the coffers bare and momentum now turned in the downward direction.Origin coffer (1200-1300) Old French coffre, from Latin cophinus; → COFFIN

cof·fer nounChineseSyllable  

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coffer
cof‧fer /ˈkɒfə $ ˈkɒːfər, ˈkɑː-/ noun [countable]1. sb’s coffers the money that an organization, government etc has available to spend:
    The money from the exhibition should swell the hospital’s coffers a little.
2. a large strong box used to hold valuable or religious objects

cof·ferBrE /ˈkɒfə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɔːfər/ 🔊, /ˈkɑːfər/ 🔊 noun [countable] a large strong box, used in the past for storing money or valuable objects （旧时的）保险柜，贵重物品箱 (also coffers [plural] ) a way of referring to the money that a government, an organization, etc. has available to spend （政府、机构等的）金库，资金◆The nation's coffers are empty. 国库空虚。🔊🔊