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deposit definition

de·posit (dē päzit, 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.
  2. the act of depositing
  3. 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

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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

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.


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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.

Adjective modifier

  • refundable: A refundable security deposit of £ 150 is charged.

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?

Preposition: in

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