Deposit means to place, entrust, put, lay or set down for safekeeping or payment.
(verb)
- An example of deposit is someone putting money in their bank account.
- An example of deposit is putting a down payment on a car.
A deposit is something left for a specific purpose such as for safekeeping, a payment or something left by an act of nature.
(noun)
- An example of deposit is the money added to a savings account.
- An example of deposit is the gold left in the bottom gravel of the stream.