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re⋅pos⋅i⋅tor⋅y

  [ri-poz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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–noun, plural -tor⋅ies.
1. a receptacle or place where things are deposited, stored, or offered for sale: a repository for discarded clothing.
2. an abundant source or supply; storehouse: a repository of information.
3. a burial place; sepulcher.
4. a person to whom something is entrusted or confided.
5. Chiefly British. warehouse.
Origin:
1475–85; < L repositōrium that in which anything is placed; see reposit, -tory 2

Synonyms:
1. depot, storehouse, depository.
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re·pos·i·to·ry   (rĭ-pŏz'ĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)   
n.   pl. re·pos·i·to·ries

  1. A place where things may be put for safekeeping.

  2. A warehouse.

  3. A museum.

  4. A burial vault; a tomb.

  5. One that contains or is a store of something specified: "Bone marrow is also the repository for some leukemias and lymphomas" (Seth Rolbein).

  6. One who is entrusted with secrets or confidential information.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

repository 
1485, "vessel, etc., for storage," from L.L. repositorium "store," in classical L., "a stand on which food is placed," from reposit-, pp. stem of reponere "put away, store." Fig. use is recorded from c.1645.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·pos·i·to·ry
Pronunciation: ri-'päz-&-"tOr-E
Function: adjective
of a drug : designed to act overa prolonged period <repository penicillin>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

repository
1. See data dictionary.
2. The core of a CASE tool, typically a DBMS where all development documents are stored.
(1999-04-27)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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