"green box" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: green boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} green box (plural green boxes)
  1. (now historical) An upper box in a theatre. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-green_box-en-noun-z5T23bny
  2. A class of subsidies allowed by the World Trade Organization understood to cause minimal disruption to trade.
    Sense id: en-green_box-en-noun-ZvqkSE33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 84 7 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 22 69 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 90 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 91 3
  3. A device used in phreaking to produce various tones (coin collect, coin return, and ringback) that allow illicit control of a payphone.
    Sense id: en-green_box-en-noun-6BpZNH4D Categories (other): Telephony Disambiguation of Telephony: 31 31 39

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