depository

[dih-poz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

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noun, plural de·pos·i·to·ries.

a place where something is deposited or stored, as for safekeeping: the night depository of a bank.
a depositary; trustee.

adjective

of or relating to a depository or depositories: the depository role of a bank.

Origin of depository

1650–60; (def 1) < Medieval Latin dēpositōrium; (def 2) deposit + -ory¹ (noun use of adj. suffix)

Related formsnon·de·pos·i·to·ry, adjectivepre·de·pos·i·to·ry, noun, plural pre·de·pos·i·to·ries.sub·de·pos·i·to·ry, noun, plural sub·de·pos·i·to·ries.

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Related Words for depository

cache, repository, storehouse, repertory, museum, safe, arsenal, collection, gallery, magazine, store, vault, warehouse, bunker, tomb, depot, archive, bank

Examples from the Web for depository

Contemporary Examples of depository

Specifically, the Banking Integrity Act would separate commercial (depository) and investment banking companies.
Bring Back That Wall!
Nomi Prins
December 16, 2009

Historical Examples of depository

You have Blanktown, then, as the depository of Celia's fortune.
Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914
Various
So we were, Tony,—so is every man that is the depository of a certain power.
Tony Butler
Charles James Lever
My groom, however, thought it might be useful as a depository of barley in the stable!
Byeways in Palestine
James Finn
She is to be the depository of all his secrets, and the recipient of all his thoughts.
Kept in the Dark
Anthony Trollope
A depository is a place where things are or may be put away for safe keeping.
Orthography
Elmer W. Cavins

British Dictionary definitions for depository

depository

noun plural -ries

a store, such as a warehouse, for furniture, valuables, etc; repository
a variant spelling of depositary (def. 1)

Word Origin for depository

C17 (in the sense: place of a deposit): from Medieval Latin dēpositōrium; C18 (in the sense: depositary): see deposit, -ory 1

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Word Origin and History for depository

"place where things are deposited," 1750, from Medieval Latin depositorium, from deposit-, past participle stem of Latin deponere (see deposit (v.)) + -orium (see -ory).