deposit /di-pozˈit/

1. To put or set down
2. To place
3. To lay
4. To lay up, set aside for later use
5. To entrust (esp money)
6. To lodge as a pledge, give (esp money) as security
7. To lay down as a coating, bed, vein, etc (geology)

1. That which is deposited or put down
2. A sum of money paid to secure an article, service, etc, the remainder of the cost being paid later
3. An accumulation by sedimentation, precipitation, sublimation, or other natural means (geology)
4. Something entrusted to another's care, esp a sum of money put in a bank
5. A pledge
6. A bailment where one entrusts goods to another to be kept without recompense (in Scots law, depositāˈtion)
7. The state of being deposited

deposˈitary noun

1. A person with whom anything is left for safekeeping
2. A guardian (also deposˈitory)

deposˈitive adjective

deposˈitor noun

deposˈitory noun

A place where anything is deposited for safekeeping (also deposˈitary)

deposit account noun

A bank account usu used for savings, in which money is lodged to gain interest, and for which cheques are not used

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