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depositor

American  
[dih-poz-i-ter] / dɪˈpɒz ɪ tər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that deposits.

  2. a person who deposits money in a bank or who has a bank account.


depositor British  
/ dɪˈpɒzɪtə /

noun

  1. a person who places or has money on deposit in a bank or similar organization

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of depositor

1555–65; < Late Latin, equivalent to Latin dēposi-, variant stem of dēpōnere ( see depone) + -tor -tor


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CDs are insured up to limits by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., up to $250,000 per depositor and per insured bank for each account category.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026

The result isn’t less risk, but better-placed risk: Short-duration liquidity is provided by banks built on depositor confidence, while loss is absorbed by capital built to endure it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

"Endotoxins significantly decreased in homes where cockroaches were eliminated. This paper shows that the cockroach is the most important depositor of endotoxin in infested homes."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2025

According to the FDIC, “no depositor has lost a penny” since the agency was founded in 1933.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024

Although the depositor was protected by many of the regulations, this protection was purely incidental.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips

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