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.

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depositor British  

/ dɪˈpɒzɪtə /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• nondepositor noun

Etymology

Origin of depositor

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

Example Sentences

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

The law permits the acceptance of only one hundred dollars a month and five hundred dollars in all from a depositor.

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