depository

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

/ dɪˈpɒz ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

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Definition of depository

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.

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Origin of depository

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

OTHER WORDS FROM depository

non·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.

Words nearby depository

deposit account, depositary, deposition, deposit money, depositor, depository, depository library, deposit slip, depot, depot injection, Depp

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How to use depository in a sentence

At least at the outset, some banks could serve as depository institutions for state and local governments, meaning those governments would put their money in the local public bank, not JPMorgan.
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Online depositories such as GitHub, Bitbucket, and others already allow the sharing of code.
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This was a building with the enduring ethos of a book depository in a city of book lovers.
America's Public Library Crisis: Who’s Reading the Books?|Jon Reiner|May 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Specifically, the Banking Integrity Act would separate commercial (depository) and investment banking companies.
Bring Back That Wall!|Nomi Prins|December 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST

At one stroke it opened the entire front of the Sunday-School Depository to the light of heaven.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
But you told this to Marina because of the association of Lee Oswald with the schoolbook depository?
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
As my husband has told you, he had his back to the School Depository Building.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Still,” ventured Raikes, astonished at this curious rejoinder, “you have some safe depository for such valuables.
The Flaw in the Sapphire|Charles M. Snyder
The aid of both hands was called in to assist in supporting her intellectual depository.
Lands of the Slave and the Free|Henry A. Murray

British Dictionary definitions for depository

depository

/ (dɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /

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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