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de·pot (dē′pō; military & Brit dep′ō)

noun

  1. a storehouse; warehouse
  2. ☆ a railroad or bus station: originally used of a freight station
  3. Mil.
    1. a storage place for supplies
    2. a station for assembling either recruits for training or combat replacements for assignment to a unit

Etymology: Fr dépôt, a deposit, storehouse < L depositum: see deposit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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