safekeeping
English
noun
Definitions
- the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft
- the storage of assets in a protected area
- the responsibility of a guardian
- (US) 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
Compound from English safe (secure container) + English keeping.
Origin
English
keeping
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- French safe English
- barkeeping English
- beekeeping English
- biosafe English
- birdkeeping English
- childsafe English
- cybersafe English
- ensafe English
- fishkeeping English
- gamekeeping English
- goalkeeping English
- greenkeeping English
- groundskeeping English
- homekeeping English
- hotelkeeping English
- housekeeping English
- innkeeping English
- keeping English
- nonsafe English
- peacekeeping English
- petkeeping English
- rangekeeping English
- recordkeeping English
- safe English
- safe word English
- safeblower English
- safeblowing English
- safebox English
- safebreaker English
- safebreaking English
- safecracker English
- safecracking English
- safeguard English
- safehaven English
- safehouse English
- safeish English
- safelight English
- safelike English
- safely English
- safen English
- safeness English
- safeword English
- saloonkeeping English
- scorekeeping English
- seakeeping English
- shopkeeping English
- stationkeeping English
- storekeeping English
- supersafe English
- tavernkeeping English
- threadsafe English
- timekeeping English
- ultrasafe English
- unsafe English
- vouchsafe English
- watchkeeping English
- websafe English
- wicketkeeping English
- zookeeping English
- Safe German
- сейф Russian
- セーフ Japanese
- sejf Polish
- sauf Middle English
- sejf Czech
- sef Serbo-Croatian
- เซฟ Thai
- sip Indonesian
- sef Slovene
- safe
- safen
- ensafe
- safely
- unsafe
- biosafe
- websafe
- safeish
- nonsafe
- keeping
- safebox
- safelike
- safeness
- safeword
- safelight
- safehaven
- safeguard
- vouchsafe
- ultrasafe
- safehouse
- safe word
- supersafe
- childsafe
- cybersafe
- threadsafe
- seakeeping
- zookeeping
- petkeeping
- innkeeping
- beekeeping
- barkeeping
- safeblower
- gamekeeping
- French safe
- goalkeeping
- homekeeping
- safebreaker
- timekeeping
- shopkeeping
- safecracker
- birdkeeping
- fishkeeping
- safeblowing
- housekeeping
- rangekeeping
- peacekeeping
- greenkeeping
- safecracking
- safebreaking
- scorekeeping
- hotelkeeping
- watchkeeping
- storekeeping
- saloonkeeping
- wicketkeeping
- tavernkeeping
- recordkeeping
- groundskeeping
- stationkeeping