deposit
UK /dɪˈpɒz.ɪt/ · US /dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/ noun, verb
Forms deposits depositing deposited deposite
- noun (geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- noun (law) Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
- noun (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest. “make a deposit (put money in an account)”
- noun Anything left behind on a surface. “a mineral deposit”
- noun (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase. “They put down a deposit on the apartment.”
- noun A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g., a bottle deposit or can deposit
- noun A place of deposit; a depository.
- verb (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put. “A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand.”
- verb To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store. “to deposit goods in a warehouse”
- verb To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
- verb (transitive) To put money or funds into an account. “I had to deposit two months' rent into my landlord's account before he gave me the keys.”
- verb To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
Synonyms
earnest money down payment reposit bank sedimentation alluviation sediment deposition bank deposit depository depositary repository lodge wedge stick situate fix posit
Antonyms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin depositus, past participle of depono (“put down”). Doublet of depot.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium.
- verb To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.
- noun That is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river).
- noun A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation. Raymond.
Etymology [L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See Depone, and cf. Deposit, n.]
Etymology [L. depositum, fr. depositus, p. p. of deponere: cf. F. dépôt, OF. depost. See Deposit, v. t., and cf. Depot.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “deposit”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details