depositary

American  

[dih-poz-i-ter-ee] / dɪˈpɒz ɪˌtɛr i /

noun

depositaries plural

1. one to whom anything is given in trust.

2. depository.

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adjective

1. depository.

depositary British  

/ -trɪ, dɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ /

noun

1. a person or group to whom something is entrusted for safety or preservation

2. a variant spelling of depository

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• depositaries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of depositary

1595–1605; < Late Latin dēpositārius a trustee, equivalent to Latin dēposit ( us ) ( see deposit) + -ārius -ary

Example Sentences

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depositary depositaries

Earlier this month, to much fanfare, the chip maker introduced American depositary receipts to add to its longstanding listing in Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

At Tuesday’s closing price of $193.92, the recently issued American depositary receipts of SK Hynix were commanding a 38% premium to Wednesday’s closing price of its local shares listed in Seoul.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

SK Hynix is set to list 17.79 million new shares as American depositary receipts on the Nasdaq Composite on July 10, raising around $29 billion in the process.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026

The share gains followed Abivax saying it raised about $920 million through a share offering, after underwriters of the sale exercised an option to purchase additional American depositary shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The depositary must return the identical thing he has received.

From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul

I said, 'We women have been the depositaries of religious sensibility, but we have also furnished the impregnable storehouse of superstition, sometimes gracious, sometimes desperately cruel and hurtful to our race.'

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe

He sought for another topic, and hit upon sport as one more congenial to the tastes of the depositaries of public trust.

From The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

A small minority of the Cursives, just as a small minority of the Uncials, are probably the depositaries of peculiar recensions.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William

The apostles were the depositaries of these goods, and had under their orders ministers or servants, known by the name of deacons, charged with the distribution of alms.

From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'

The intellectual and moral character of the men who were the original depositaries of Christian faith and literature is then evidently of the utmost importance.

From Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels by Wheeler, Joseph Mazzini