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de⋅pos⋅it

  [di-poz-it]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to place for safekeeping or in trust, esp. in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
2. to give as security or in part payment.
3. to deliver and leave (an item): Please deposit your returned books with the librarian.
4. to insert (a coin) in a coin-operated device: Deposit a quarter and push the button.
5. to put, place, or set down, esp. carefully or exactly: She deposited the baby in the crib.
6. to lay or throw down by a natural process; precipitate: The river deposited soil at its mouth.
–verb (used without object)
7. to be placed, inserted, precipitated, left for safekeeping, given as security or in partial payment, etc.
–noun
8. money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
9. anything given as security or in part payment: The boy returned the bottle and got his five-cent deposit back. They made a deposit on the house and signed a ten-year mortgage.
10. anything laid away or entrusted to another for safekeeping: A large deposit of jewels was stolen from the hotel safe.
11. a place for safekeeping; depository.
12. something precipitated, delivered and left, or thrown down, as by a natural process: a deposit of soil.
13. the natural sediment of wine in a bottle.
14. a coating of metal deposited on something, usually by an electric current.
15. a natural accumulation or occurrence, esp. of oil or ore: a mountain range with many rich deposits of gold.
Origin:
1615–25; < L dēpositus laid down, ptp. of dēpōnere; see depone

Synonyms:
1. bank, save, store. 15. lode, vein, pocket.
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de·pos·it   (dĭ-pŏz'ĭt)   
v.   de·pos·it·ed, de·pos·it·ing, de·pos·its

v.   tr.
  1. To put or set down; place.
  2. To lay down or leave behind by a natural process: layers of sediment that were deposited on the ocean floor; glaciers that deposited their debris as they melted.
    1. To give over or entrust for safekeeping.
    2. To put (money) in a bank or financial account.
  4. To give as partial payment or security.
v.   intr.
To become deposited; settle.
n.  
  1. Something, such as money, that is entrusted for safekeeping, as in a bank.
  2. The condition of being deposited: funds on deposit with a broker.
  3. A partial or initial payment of a cost or debt: left a $100 deposit toward the purchase of a stereo system.
  4. A sum of money given as security for an item acquired for temporary use.
  5. A depository.
  6. Something deposited, especially by a natural process, as:
    1. Geology A concentration of mineral matter or sediment in a layer, vein, or pocket: iron ore deposits; rich deposits of oil and natural gas.
    2. Physiology An accumulation of organic or inorganic material, such as a lipid or mineral, in a body tissue, structure, or fluid.
    3. A sediment or precipitate that has settled out of a solution.
  7. A coating or crust left on a surface, as by evaporation or electrolysis.

[Latin dēpōnere, dēposit-; see depone.]
de·pos'i·tor n.
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