depositor

[ dih-poz-i-ter ]

/ dɪˈpɒz ɪ tər /

noun

a person or thing that deposits.

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

Nearby words

Origin of depositor

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

Related formsnon·de·pos·i·tor, noun

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Examples from the Web for depositor

No depositor lost a single penny in insured deposits, despite the worst banking crisis since the early 1930s.
Former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair Dishes (Video)|Daniel Gross|October 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
They become payable at any full year of age selected by the depositor between fifty and sixty-five years.
France and the Republic|William Henry Hurlbert
On another occasion a depositor explained that his book had been mutilated by a cat.
The Royal Mail|James Wilson Hyde
Then the Depositor sends the deposit-book together with the authorisation to the person he thus authorises to receive the payment.
Social Comptabilism, Cheque and Clearing Service & Proposed Law|Ernest Solvay

Unless the maker of a note is insolvent, a bank can never pay the unmatured note of a depositor.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
And panic has small chance to develop where the depositor can get his money at need and the solvent business man can borrow.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips

British Dictionary definitions for depositor

depositor

/ (dɪˈpɒzɪtə) /

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for depositor

depositor

1560s, agent noun in Latin form from deposit (v.).