deposit
deposit definition
de·posit (dē päz′it, di-)
transitive verb
- to place or entrust for safekeeping
- to put (money) in a bank, as for safekeeping or to earn interest
- to put down as a pledge or partial payment
- to put, lay, or set down
- to cause (sand, sediment, etc.) to settle or form by a natural process
Etymology: < L depositus, pp. of deponere, to put down < de-, down + ponere, to put: see position
noun
- something placed or entrusted for safekeeping; specif., money put in a bank
- a pledge or part payment
- a sum of money paid as security on something rented, or for a returnable bottle, etc.
- the act of depositing
- a depository
- something deposited or left lying
- Geol., Mining sand, clay, mineral masses, etc. deposited by the action of wind, water, volcanic eruption, or ice
Etymology: L depositum < depositus: see depositthe
deposit Idioms
on deposit
placed or entrusted for safekeeping
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