depository

depository (dɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ, -trɪ)

—n , pl -ries
1.	a store, such as a warehouse, for furniture, valuables, etc; repository
2.	a variant spelling of depositary

[C17 (in the sense: place of a deposit): from Medieval Latin dēpositōrium; C18 (in the sense: depositary): see deposit, -ory¹]

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depository

"place where things are deposited," 1750, from M.L. depositorium, from deposit-, pp. stem of deponere (see deposit).

Example sentences

Shipping lists are a list of publications that are mailed to libraries in their depository distribution boxes.

The trust then issues depository receipts, which have economic rights mirroring those of the underlying shares.

The government loves the idea because it believes it can price the risk properly and points to its depository insurance as proof.

But no insured depository could begin to cope with the trillions of dollars involved.

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