deposit

[ dih-poz-it ]

/ dɪˈpɒz ɪt /

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verb (used with object)

to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.

to give as security or in part payment.

to deliver and leave (an item): Please deposit your returned books with the librarian.

to insert (a coin) in a coin-operated device: Deposit a quarter and push the button.

to put, place, or set down, especially carefully or exactly: She deposited the baby in the crib.

to lay or throw down by a natural process; precipitate: The river deposited soil at its mouth.

verb (used without object)

to be placed, inserted, precipitated, left for safekeeping, given as security or in partial payment, etc.

noun

money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.

anything given as security or in part payment: The boy returned the bottle and got his five-cent deposit back. They made a deposit on the house and signed a ten-year mortgage.

anything laid away or entrusted to another for safekeeping: A large deposit of jewels was stolen from the hotel safe.

a place for safekeeping; depository.

something precipitated, delivered and left, or thrown down, as by a natural process: a deposit of soil.

the natural sediment of wine in a bottle.

a coating of metal deposited on something, usually by an electric current.

a natural accumulation or occurrence, especially of oil or ore: a mountain range with many rich deposits of gold.

OTHER WORDS FOR deposit

1 bank, save, store.

15 lode, vein, pocket.

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Origin of deposit

1615–25; <Latin dēpositus laid down, past participle of dēpōnere;see depone

OTHER WORDS FROM deposit

pre·de·pos·it, noun, verbre·de·pos·it, verb, nounsub·de·pos·it, nounsu·per·de·pos·it, noun

un·de·pos·it·ed, adjective

Words nearby deposit

deportee, deportment, deposal, depose, deposed, deposit, deposit account, depositary, deposition, deposit money, depositor

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How to use deposit in a sentence

Topographic measurements from MESSENGER also show that the shadowed craters appear to contain thick, sloping deposits, which are probably accumulations of water ice.
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It also allowed fraudulent listings that led to guests being scammed out of their deposits.
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Some of that research also teased the presence of water at the crater in other ways, like conical hills that are similar to icy mountains on Earth formed by pressurized groundwater, but the salt deposits offer the best evidence.
The dwarf planet Ceres might be home to an underground ocean of water|Neel Patel|August 11, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Typically, university administrators use deposits — minimum fees that students send in to secure their place after receiving an acceptance letter — to forecast the size of their incoming class.
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“Your deposit rate is really the only thing you have to go on,” says Jamie Ealy, a senior associate at Art & Science Group, who used to work in admissions offices at West Virginia University and Berea College in Kentucky.
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This was material that was buried for safekeeping, almost like a safety deposit box that was never claimed.
How To Strike Viking Gold|Lizzie Crocker|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Copyright renewed 1969 by August Mencken and Mercantile Safe Deposit Trust Co.
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It is likely the mother's body, which means that the currents will probably deposit the children somewhere nearby.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq|Nathan Bradley Bethea|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We will not sit on the sidelines and deposit our fate in the hands of others.
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Or, “Only to the end of this month: deposit a separatist and get up to 12 percent interest.”
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It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Factors which favor an early deposit are high acidity, diminished urinary pigments, and excessive excretion of uric acid.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
A savings bank is not a true bank of deposit, providing circulating credit.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
The troops to be prisoners of war and to deposit their arms at a place to be appointed by General Merritt.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Suppose a person presents a check and the maker's deposit is not enough to pay the full amount, what can be done?
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British Dictionary definitions for deposit

deposit

/ (dɪˈpɒzɪt) /

verb (tr)

to put or set down, esp carefully or in a proper place; place

to entrust for safekeeping; consign

to place (money) in a bank or similar institution in order to earn interest or for safekeeping

to give (money) in part payment or as security

to lay down naturally; cause to settlethe river deposits silt

noun

an instance of entrusting money or valuables to a bank or similar institution
the money or valuables so entrusted

money given in part payment or as security, as when goods are bought on hire-purchaseSee also down payment

a consideration, esp money, given temporarily as security against loss of or damage to something borrowed or hired

an accumulation of sediments, mineral ores, coal, etc

any deposited material, such as a sediment or a precipitate that has settled out of solution

a coating produced on a surface, esp a layer of metal formed by electrolysis

a depository or storehouse

on deposit payable as the first instalment, as when buying on hire-purchase

Word Origin for deposit

C17: from Medieval Latin dēpositāre, from Latin dēpositus put down

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Scientific definitions for deposit

deposit

[ dĭ-pŏz′ĭt ]

An accumulation or layer of solid material, either consolidated or unconsolidated, left or laid down by a natural process. Deposits include sediments left by water, wind, ice, gravity, volcanic activity, or other agents. A layer of coal formed over many years through the decomposition of plant material is also a deposit.

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