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Deposit

noun

1.

The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating. Synonyms: alluviation, sedimentation.

2.

Matter that has been deposited by some natural process. Synonym: sediment.

3.

The natural process of laying down a deposit of something. Synonym: deposition.

4.

Money deposited in a bank or some similar institution. Synonym: bank deposit.

5.

A partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later. Synonym: down payment.

6.

Money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use.

7.

A payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met.

8.

A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping. Synonyms: depositary, depository, repository.

9.

The act of putting something somewhere. Synonym: deposition.

verb

(past & past part. deposited; pres. part. depositing)

1.

Put, fix, force, or implant. Synonyms: lodge, stick, wedge. "Stick your thumb in the crack" Antonym: dislodge.

2.

Put into a bank account. Synonym: bank. Antonym: withdraw.

3.

Put (something somewhere) firmly. Synonyms: fix, posit, situate. "Deposit the suitcase on the bench" , "Fix your eyes on this spot"

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"Deposit" Quotes from Famous Books

... the head of the Dee and the Don, while the mass spreading outwards from the Moray Firth invaded the low plateau of Buchan; but at a certain stage there was a marked defection northwards parallel with the coast, as proved by the deposit of red clay north of Aberdeen. At a later date the local glaciers laid down materials on top of the red clay. The committee appointed by the British Association (Report for 1897, p. 333) proved that the Greensand, which has yielded a large suite of Cretaceous fossils at ...

— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

... as a secret chamber to conceal the plate and valuables of the family, being so completely concealed by the contrivance of the architecture as not to be discernible on the outside. Was it not strange, that, with so secure and convenient a lodging close at hand, Isabel should chuse to deposit her treasure at such a distance? Had she overlooked this asylum, or avoided the use of it as a lure to deceive the vigilance of Morgan? Sedley proceeded in his search, explored every subterraneous vault and ...

— The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 - An Historical Novel • Jane West

... have rather better than two hundred pounds, and instead of seeking, what is almost impossible at present to find, a farm that I can certainly live by, with so small a stock, I shall lodge this sum in a banking-house, a sacred deposit, excepting only the calls of uncommon distress or necessitous ...

— The Letters of Robert Burns • Robert Burns

... in the sand of the beach that these amphibians choose the most convenient places to deposit their eggs. The operation commences with sunset ...

— Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon • Jules Verne

... head doubtfully. "It is very little; indeed, it is too little, your Excellency. Consider, it is the only steelyard in all this new world of ours; it is worth more, much more. If I take your deposit it must be in gold—all gold. But how much do you agree to give me for the ...

— Off on a Comet • Jules Verne

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