depositionnoun
uk/ˌdep.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us/ˌdep.əˈzɪʃ.ən/deposition noun (STATEMENT)
[ C ] specialized law a formal written statement made or used in a law court:
Before the court case, we had to file/give a deposition.
Our lawyer took a deposition from us.
a sworn deposition
deposition noun (REMOVAL)
[ U ] formal the act of removing someone important from a powerful position:
Crowds celebrated the dictator's deposition.
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Firing staff
- axe
- be out on your ear idiom
- chop
- constructive dismissal
- defrock
- delayering
- get the push idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- grass
- heave-ho
- invalid sb out
- lay sb off
- pension
- relieve
- removal
- remove
- retire
- sack
- sacking
- shakeout
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deposition noun (LAYER)
[ U ] specialized geology the formation of a layer of a substance such as soil or rock, or the substance that forms the layer
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Geology - general words
- aquifer
- auriferous
- Cambrian
- cementation
- compaction
- continental crust
- continental drift
- Cretaceous
- crustal
- Devonian
- earth science
- fold
- geology
- Pliocene
- Precambrian
- Quaternary
- rocky
- subduction
- subduction zone
- the Anthropocene
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