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depository Definition

de·posi·tory (dē päzə tôr′ē, di-)

noun pl. depositories -·ries

  1. a place where things are put for safekeeping; storehouse
  2. a trustee; depositary

Etymology: LL depositorium: see deposit

depository Synonyms

depository

n.

repository, safety-deposit box, safe-deposit box, vault, safe, museum, storehouse, place of deposit, treasury, repertory, cache, depot, warehouse, magazine, bunker, place of safety, tomb, art gallery, archives, collection, mint, bank, savings bank; see also bank 3, safe, treasury, vault 2.

depository Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • information: This project page is simply a depository of information about small projects and initiatives that exist in Surrey and nationally.

Converse of object

  • become: For other modules, the Electronic Reserve has become a safe depository for easily accessible published material.
  • distribute: Is there some distributed depository that is or could be made available to them?

Adjective modifier

  • central: There is no central depository for such data in Northern Ireland.
  • main: The main depository is the Data Archive at the University of Essex [ 4 ] .
  • new: Ronald Milne, Acting Director of the Universityâs Library Services, said: âWe urgently need a new depository to meet immediate storage requirements.
  • safe: For other modules, the Electronic Reserve has become a safe depository for easily accessible published material.
  • large: It seems that large rocket fuel depository was directly shot.

Modifies a noun

  • receipt: The trust issues shareholders with depository receipts for Triodos Bank Shares.
  • institution: Between 1981 and year end 2001, the assets of all depository institutions plummeted from nearly half of total financial-sector assets to 24 % .
  • library: The Library acts as a depository library for the United Nations and for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
  • interest: In CREST, the depository interests will carry the same ISIN as the Shares.
  • bank: Many shareholders empower their depository banks to execute their voting rights.

Noun used with modifier

  • book: You have to go downtown Dallas to the book depository which is where Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK from.
  • furniture: The former Maples furniture depository has been regenerated to provide a contemporary loft style working environment.
  • storage: We offer the modern containerised method of furniture storage within a purpose built storage depository.
  • document: Open access publishing - Ben Toth has had preliminary discussions about establishing an NHS-wide research document depository.
  • file: All these are stored in special folders in the file depository.
depository Quotes

The depository of power is always unpopular.

—Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield