So apparently safe-provided means safe-deposit-box? Can anyone find me official references/definitions on that? Oxford? I can't find anything on google...

some hotels in NYC have small personal safes. built into a closet. they safes have digitial combo's, you set the combo, and store you money/jewelry/etc during your stay.

(other hotels have a single safe in the management office. you place your stuff in envelop/ box and that is stored in hotel safe.)

out of context, (or rather with the little context you provided) i would guess safe provided means the first example.

is there an understood is?

I've been in cities and neighborhoods where such language served as a warning (ie You will be safe, provided you don't go out, stay away from the windows, etc.) In any event, safety is always provisional, I guess.

> You will be safe, provided

yup. that's another one.

nice to see you again, dell!

This thread forced me to question those words of Samuel Johnson: "All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable that I would not rather know it than not."

I concluded that he was probably right, after all.

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some hotels in NYC have small personal safes.

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I stayed a Motel 6 in New Orleans with stand-alone safes in the rooms - not hidden at all - right next to the minibar/frig. I think they are for people who (think they will) win money at the casinos and end up with quantities of cash in their rooms.