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coffer

[kaw-fer, kof-er] / ˈkɔ fər, ˈkɒf ər /


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Late last year, the company set up a $1.44 billion cash reserve to fund its dividend obligations, but that coffer has decreased to $900 million, according to the filing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Yiu is the best-funded candidate in the race, with more than $1 million in her coffer — much of which came from her own pocket, according to California secretary of state records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

They erected a temporary wooden coffer dam in 1907 at the lake’s mouth, raising the water by 10 feet — just enough to make the existing road unusable.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

Now, money spent on many big concerts lands in one central coffer, allowing the combined Live Nation/Ticketmaster to tighten its grip on the industry more and more.

From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2022

The Queen opened the coffer in the darkness and stood near the moonlit patch from the window, holding a strip of something in her hands.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White


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