# banker's box

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A file box: a cardboard box designed to hold paper files.

## Etymology
A genericized trademark from the Bankers Box brand name (which itself was probably proprialized from the nonproprietary collocation at a time when cardboard file boxes were still novel and not widely known outside of certain occupations such as banking and insurance).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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