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Deposit Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Deposit?
[n] the act of putting something somewhere
[n] a facility where things can be deposited for safekeeping [n] a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met [n] matter deposited by some natural process [n] the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating [n] money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use; "his deposit was refunded when he returned the car" [n] a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later [n] money deposited in a bank [n] the natural process of laying down a deposit of something [v] fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table" [v] put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" [v] put into a bank account Synonyms | Synonyms for Deposit: alluviation | bank | bank deposit | deposition | deposition | depository | down payment | lodge | posit | repository | sediment | sedimentation | situate | stick | wedge Related Terms | Find terms related to Deposit: accumulation | acquitment | acquittal | acquittance | allocation | alluvion | alluvium | amortization | amortizement | ash | assignment | bank | binder | bond | bosom | bottle up | bottomry | bundle away | bury | cache | cash | cash payment | caution | caution money | chimney | chute | cinder | clearance | clinker | coffer | collateral | collateral security | collocation | consign | country rock | debris | debt service | defrayal | defrayment | deployment | deposition | deposits | detritus | dike | diluvium | disbursal | discharge | disposition | doling out | down payment | draff | dregs | drift | drop | dross | earnest | earnest money | ember | embosom | emplacement | entrust | feces | file | file and forget | forfeit | froth | gangue | go bail | grounds | handsel | hide away | hire purchase | hire purchase plan | hock | hutch | hypothecate | impignorate | installment | installment plan | interest payment | keep | keep hidden | keep secret | lading | lay | lay away | lay down | lay in | lay in store | leave | lees | liquidation | loading | localization | locating | location | lock up | lode | lodestuff | lodge | loess | margin | matrix | mineral deposit | monthly payments | moraine | mortgage | never-never | offscum | ore bed | pack away | packing | pawn | pay dirt | paying | paying off | paying out | paying up | payment | payment in kind | payoff | pinpointing | place | placement | placing | plant | pledge | plunk down | positioning | post | posting | precipitate | precipitation | prepayment | put | put away | put down | put in hock | put in pawn | put up | putting | quarterly payments | quittance | regular payments | remittance | repose | reposit | reposition | reservoir | rest | retirement | salt away | salt down | satisfaction | save | scoria | scree | scum | seal up | secrete | sediment | sedimentate | sedimentation | set aside | set down | settlement | settlings | shoot | silt | sinking-fund payment | sinter | situation | slag | smut | soot | spawn | spot cash | spotting | spout | stake | stash | stationing | stock | storage | store | store away | stow | stow away | stow down | stowage | sublimate | vein | warehouse | weekly payments See Also | accretion | accumulation | alluvial deposit | alluvial sediment | alluvion | alluvium | archive | archives | bank | bank building | buildup | bury | demand deposit | depository library | depot | dregs | drop | electrodeposition | entrepot | evaporite | extend | facility | fasten | fix | fund | geological phenomenon | give | grounds | guarantee | installation | jut | jut out | lay | lees | library | lick | load | lode | lost-and-found | margin | matter | monetary fund | museum | payment | pigmentation | place | poke out | pose | position | project | protrude | put | reach out | redeposit | redeposit | redeposition | repertory | repositing | reposition | salt lick | secure | security | security deposit | sediment | set | settlings | sperm bank | stick out | storage | storage | storage space | store | storehouse | substance | superposition | surety | treasury | warehousing | warrant | warrantee | warranty Deposit In Webster's Dictionary \De*pos"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deposited}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Depositing}.] [L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See
{Depone}, and cf. {Deposit}, n.]
1. 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.
The fear is deposited in conscience. --Jer. Taylor.
2. To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store;
as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.
3. To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit
to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a
bank, as a sum of money subject to order.
4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. [Obs.]
If what is written prove useful to you, to the
depositing that which I can not but deem an error.
--Hammond.
Note: Both this verb and the noun following were formerly
written {deposite}.
\De*pos"it\, n. [L. depositum, fr. depositus, p. p. of deponere: cf. F. d['e]p[^o]t, OF. depost. See {Deposit}, v. t., and cf. {Depot}.] 1. That which 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). The deposit already formed affording to the succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis. --Kirwan. 2. (Mining) A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation. --Raymond. 3. That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security. 4. (Law) (a) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor. (b) Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing. 5. A place of deposit; a depository. [R.] {Bank of deposit}. See under {Bank}. {In deposit}, or {On deposit}, in trust or safe keeping as a deposit; as, coins were received on deposit. |
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