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
2. 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
5. 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