deposit
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (3)deposits, deposited, depositing
- put, fix, force, or implant“lodge a bullet in the table”“stick your thumb in the crack”Synonyms: lodgewedgestickMore general fasten, fixMore specific redeposit
- put into a bank account“She deposits her paycheck every month”Synonyms: bankMore general giveMore specific redeposit
- put (something somewhere) firmly“She posited her hand on his shoulder”“deposit the suitcase on the bench”“fix your eyes on this spot”Synonyms: situatefixpositMore general put, setMore specific bury, sediment
Noun (9)deposits
- the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulatingSynonyms: sedimentationalluviationType of geological phenomenonKinds lode, load
- matter that has been deposited by some natural processSynonyms: sedimentType of matterKinds dregs, salt lick, alluvial sediment, lees, evaporite
- the natural process of laying down a deposit of somethingSynonyms: depositionType of accretion, accumulationKinds redeposition, pigmentation, electrodeposition, superposition
- money deposited in a bank or some similar institutionSynonyms: bank depositType of fund, monetary fundKinds demand deposit
- a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid laterSynonyms: down paymentType of paymentKinds margin, security deposit
- money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use“his deposit was refunded when he returned the car”Type of security, surety
- a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
- a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeepingSynonyms: depositorydepositaryrepository
- the act of putting something somewhereSynonyms: deposition
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Translations
Noun money given as an initial payment
- Spanish
- anticipo
- French
- arrhes
- German
- Anzahlung
- Italian
- acconto
- Turkish
- kaparo
- Russian
- зада́ток zadátok
- Chinese
- 定金 dìngjīn
- Japanese
- 頭金 atamakin
- Dutch
- aanbetaling
- Swedish
- handpenning
Noun money placed in an account
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See Depone, and cf. Deposit, noun
1. To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium.
The fear is deposited in conscience.— Taylor, Jeremy
2. To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.
3. To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order.
4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. obsolete
If what is written prove useful to you, to the depositing that which I can not but deem an error.— Henry Hammond
☞ Both this verb and the noun following were formerly written deposite.
Origin: L. depositum, fr. depositus, p. p. of deponere: cf. F. dépôt, OF. depost. See Deposit, transitive verb, and cf. Depot.
1. That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river).
The deposit already formed affording to the succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis.— Richard Kirwan
2. Mining A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation. Raymond, Rossiter Worthington
3. That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security.
4. Law (a) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor. (b) Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing.
5. A place of deposit; a depository. rare
Bank of deposit. See under Bank. — In deposit, or On deposit, in trust or safe keeping as a deposit; as, coins were received on deposit.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54