deposit

  • 11deposit — [dē päz′it, dipäz′it] vt. [< L depositus, pp. of deponere, to put down < de , down + ponere, to put: see POSITION] 1. to place or entrust for safekeeping 2. to put (money) in a bank, as for safekeeping or to earn interest 3. to put down as… …

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  • 12deposit — (v.) 1620s, from L. depositus, pp. of deponere lay aside, put down, deposit, also used of births and bets, from de away (see DE (Cf. de )) + ponere to put (see POSITION (Cf. position)). As a noun, from 1620s, from L. depositum. Geological sense… …

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  • 13Deposit — Deposit, Postort in der Grafschaft Delaware des Staates New York (Nordamerika) am Coquago River u. der New York Erie Eisenbahn; Gerberei; 1500 Ew …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 14deposit — ▪ I. deposit de‧pos‧it 1 [dɪˈpɒzt ǁ dɪˈpɑː ] noun 1. [countable] BANKING an amount of money paid into a bank account or held in a bank account, especially when it is earning interest: • Residents have some $4 billion in deposits in local… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 15deposit — I v. To commit to custody, or to lay down; to place; to put; to let fall (as sediment). Jefferson County ex rel. Grauman v. Jefferson County Fiscal Court, 273 Ky. 674, 117 S.W.2d 918, 924. To lodge for safe keeping or as a pledge to intrust to… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 16deposit — I v. To commit to custody, or to lay down; to place; to put; to let fall (as sediment). Jefferson County ex rel. Grauman v. Jefferson County Fiscal Court, 273 Ky. 674, 117 S.W.2d 918, 924. To lodge for safe keeping or as a pledge to intrust to… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 17deposit — I v. money put into a bank account 1) to make a deposit 2) a demand; time deposit 3) on deposit (the money was on deposit in a bank) down payment 4) to give, leave a deposit on 5) to forfeit one s deposit II v. (D; tr.) to deposit in (to deposit… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 18deposit — /di poz it/, v.t. 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… …

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  • 19deposit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 money paid into a bank account ADJECTIVE ▪ bank, building society (BrE) ▪ Bank deposits have increased by 2.3%. ▪ cash ▪ direct (AmE) …

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  • 20deposit — de|pos|it1 W3 [dıˈpɔzıt US dıˈpa: ] n 1.) a part of the cost of something you are buying that you pay some time before you pay the rest of it deposit of ▪ A deposit of 10% is required. put down a deposit (on sth) (=pay a deposit) ▪ We put down a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English