depositary
UK /dɪˈpɒzɪtɹi/ · US /dɪˈpɑzɪtɛɹi/ adjective, noun
Forms depositaries
- adjective Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit. “The hospital was the depositary institution of our monies.”
- noun One who receives goods or a deposit in trust.
- noun A place where deposits are kept
Synonyms
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin dēpositārius.
Webster’s 1913
- noun One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; --the correlative of depositor.
- noun A storehouse; a depository. Bp. Hurd.
Etymology [L. depositarius, fr. deponere. See Deposit.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “depositary”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details