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deposit Definition

de·posit (dē päz′it, di-)

transitive verb

  1. to place or entrust for safekeeping
  2. to put (money) in a bank, as for safekeeping or to earn interest
  3. to put down as a pledge or partial payment
  4. to put, lay, or set down
  5. 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

  1. something placed or entrusted for safekeeping; specif., money put in a bank
    1. a pledge or part payment
    2. a sum of money paid as security on something rented, or for a returnable bottle, etc.
  3. the act of depositing
  4. a depository
    1. something deposited or left lying
    2. 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

deposit Synonyms

deposit

n.

  1. Money given as security

    down payment, security deposit, earnest money, partial payment; see collateral, security 2.

  2. Sediment

    precipitate, silt, alluvium, film; see coat 3, heap, sediment.

on deposit

hoarded, stored, saved; see kept 2, saved 2.

deposit Synonyms

deposit

v.

  1. To lay down

    set down, put, put down, drop, insert; see also install, place 1.

  2. To present money for safekeeping

    invest, amass, store, keep, stock up, bank, save, accumulate, hoard, collect, garner, treasure, lay away, put in the bank, entrust, enter in an account, commit, give in trust, transfer, deliver over, commit to custody, put for safekeeping, put aside for a rainy day, plump down*, come down with*, salt away*; see also accumulate 1, save 3.

    Antonyms spend*, withdraw*, pay out.

deposit Law Definition

n

The act of placing money or property with another who will hold it in trust, or who has a fiduciary duty with regard to it, or otherwise will hold and manage it for the benefit of the owner; the money or property so placed.

deposit Usage Examples

Object

sediment: Techniques using in situ produced cosmogenic nuclides have been developed to date sediments deposited over the past several million years Granger et al.

Converse of object

  • lodge: Any stock deposit lodged at the CCSS on Friday, 9 July 2004 will be rejected ( bad delivered ) by the registrar concerned.
  • stratify: Quite an interesting extinct volcano, there are nicely stratified deposits of volcanic ash.
  • pay: You may also have to pay a deposit which is normally refunded at the end of your stay.
  • forfeit: If you don't, you will forfeit the deposit.
  • refund: Until 2 months prior to arrival - 50 % of deposit refunded.

Adjective modifier

  • refundable: A refundable security deposit of £ 150 is charged.
  • non-refundable: A 25 % non-refundable deposit is required upon booking.
  • non-returnable: Note: There is a non-returnable deposit of 10 % of the total due for all bookings.
  • alluvial: The drift geology map for the LCA also highlights the extensive alluvial deposits associated with the present-day floodplain of the lagan.
  • glacial: Maps, diagrams and photographs are used to describe the movement of the glacier and the glacial deposits.
  • archeological: In neither of the excavation areas was the base of the archeological deposit reached.

Modifies a noun

box: He stroked a very hard safe deposit box key held down to a glass topped table by Cox.

Noun used with modifier

  • mineral: Did valuable mineral deposits belong to Moscow or the locality?
  • ore: Applications are widespread, ranging from ore deposits in mining to pattern recognition.
  • peat: Staff continued to monitor the loss of sand and exposure of prehistoric peat deposits on the Gower beaches.
  • breakage: Full payment is requested 8 weeks prior to holiday commencement together with a returnable £ 100 breakages deposit.
  • tenancy: Tenancy deposits The Housing Act 2004 included provision for a compulsory scheme to safeguard tenants ' deposits.
  • cash: The Treasury will be issuing soon a consultation document on the statutory cash ratio deposit scheme.

Preposition: in

herbarium: A reference sample has been deposited in the Herbarium of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.