safe custody
noun [U] BANKINGDefinition
› the service provided by a bank or similar organization for keeping customers' documents or other valuable objects safe: Before replying I will retrieve my contract from safe custody and check it myself. The annual safe custody cost would amount to €44.
(Definition of safe custody noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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