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de⋅pos⋅i⋅tar⋅y

[di-poz-i-ter-ee] noun, plural -tar⋅ies.
1. one to whom anything is given in trust.
2. depository (def. 1).
–adjective
3. depository (def. 3).

Origin:
1595–1605; < LL dēpositārius a trustee, equiv. to L dēposit(us) (see deposit ) + -ārius -ary
de·pos·i·tar·y   (dĭ-pŏz'ĭ-těr'ē)   
n.   pl. de·pos·i·tar·ies
  1. One entrusted with something for preservation or safekeeping.
  2. A depository.

Depositary

De*pos"i*ta*ry\, n.; pl. Depositaries. [L. depositarius, fr. deponere. See Deposit.]

1. One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor.

I . . . made you my guardians, my depositaries. --Shak.

The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people. --J. S. Mill.

2. A storehouse; a depository. --Bp. Hurd.

3. (Law) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense. --Kent.

Main Entry: de·pos·i·tary
Pronunciation: di-'pä-z&-"ter-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -tar·ies
: an individual or entity (as a business organization) that holds a deposit depositary ought to restore the precise object which he received —Louisiana Civil Code>; also : DEPOSITORY
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