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Synonyms
care, custodianship, custody, guardianship, keeping, trust, ward
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At the Kennedy Space Center on Friday morning, crews began the arduous process of hauling a 400-foot-tall mobile launch tower from pad 39B to inside a hulking building a few miles away for safekeeping — at about 1 mph. — Washington Post, "Florida’s Atlantic Coast is preparing for a direct hit from Hurricane Dorian," 30 Aug. 2019 With Hunting Valley officers called in for mutual aid, police wound up arresting the father and placing at least four rifles and two shotguns in a property locker for safekeeping. — Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com, "Domestic dispute leads to earplugs: Moreland Hills Police Blotter," 23 Aug. 2019 Here’s what Libra seems to be offering: (1) payment and safekeeping in alternative currency, (2) faster clearing, (3) greater convenience relative to brick-and-mortar, and (4) possibly lower fees. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "The White House’s social media summit has an ulterior motive," 11 July 2019 In the middle of it all, Archaeological Superintendent Amedeo Maiuri and his colleagues moved several statues and artifacts from Pompeii underground for safekeeping. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Unexploded World War II bombs may still be buried at Pompeii," 8 July 2019 The blastocysts grew for 13 days before researchers froze them for safekeeping. — Rebecca Boyle, Discover Magazine, "The Quixotic Quest to Birth a Baby Northern White Rhino," 25 June 2019 For safekeeping, the driver's father took a .38-caliber pistol that police noticed on the bed in Solon, and the driver agreed to seek treatment after police left. — Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com, "Fleeing Solon man charged in crash causing Memorial Day power outage: Bentleyville Police Blotter," 21 June 2019 Although the Libra Reserve will be mostly independent of Facebook, the firm will offer its own digital wallet, Calibra, for consumers who want to hand over the key to their digital currency for safekeeping—and with it, their personal financial data. — The Economist, "What Facebook’s new currency means for the banking system," 20 June 2019 The museum’s most precious items — including a dollhouse created in the late 1800s by the town’s infamous cannibal hiking guide, Alfred Packer — were sent to Gunnison for safekeeping. — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, "18,000 sandbags later, Lake City flood fears diminish even as rivers rise across southwestern Colorado," 16 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'safekeeping.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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safekeeping
nounFinancial Definition of safekeeping
What It Is
Safekeeping is a term describing a financial institution's responsibility to keep clients' assets in a safe area.
How It Works
Let's say John Doe deposits $4,000 into his savings account at Bank XYZ. Bank XYZ has an obligation to keep John's $4,000 separate and apart from its own accounts that it uses to pay the bank employees and other expenses.
Similarly, John Doe's brokerage firm has a responsibility to keep the money in his account separate from the brokerage firm's own cash and house accounts.
Why It Matters
One of the fundamental purposes of the entire banking industry is safekeeping. That is, they provide people with a safe place to keep their money until they need it.
A safekeeping certificate is a document that proves that a person owns a security or a CD. American Depository Receipts (ADRs) are some of the most common forms of safekeeping certificates. Issued by U.S. banks, American Depository Receipts (ADRs) are certificates that represent shares of a foreign stock owned by the issuing bank. The foreign shares are usually held in custody overseas, but the certificates trade in the U.S. Through this system, a large number of foreign-based companies are actively traded on one of the three major U.S. equity markets (the NYSE, AMEX or Nasdaq).
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