Deposit Definition

dĭ-pŏzĭt
deposited, depositing, deposits
verb
deposited, depositing, deposits
To place or entrust for safekeeping.
Webster's New World
To put, lay, or set down.
Webster's New World
To put (money) in a bank, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
Webster's New World
To cause (sand, sediment, etc.) to settle or form by a natural process.
Webster's New World
To put down as a pledge or partial payment.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
deposits
Something placed or entrusted for safekeeping; specif., money put in a bank.
Webster's New World
The condition of being deposited.
Funds on deposit with a broker.
American Heritage
A pledge or partial payment.
Webster's New World
A sum of money paid as security on something rented, or for a returnable bottle, etc.
Webster's New World
The act of depositing.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
idiom
on deposit
  • placed or entrusted for safekeeping
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Deposit

Noun

Singular:
deposit
Plural:
deposits

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Deposit

  • on deposit

Origin of Deposit

  • From Latin depositus, past participle of deponere which is "to put down".

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin dēpōnere dēposit- depone

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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