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Repository

Repository Meaning & Definition
Repository Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Repository?

[n] a facility where things can be deposited for safekeeping
[n] a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
[n] a person to whom a secret is entrusted

Synonyms | Synonyms for Repository: deposit | depository | monument | secretary

Related Terms | Find terms related to Repository:

See Also | archive | archives | bank | bank building | burial chamber | confidant | depository library | depot | drop | entrepot | facility | installation | intimate | library | lost-and-found | museum | repertory | sepulcher | sepulchre | sepulture | sperm bank | storage | storage space | store | storehouse | treasury

Repository In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*pos"i*to*ry\ (r?*p?z"?*t$*r?), n. [L. repositorium, repostorium: cf. OF. repositoire.] A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository. --Locke.

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