safekeeping

  1. Noun.  the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft.
  2. Noun.  the storage of assets in a protected area.
  3. Noun.  the responsibility of a guardian.
  4. Noun.  (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.

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