Word: Deposits
How to pronounce: dɪˈpɒzɪt
Noun
Definitions:
1. A sum of money paid into a bank or building society account.
Example sentences: "Cash funds which are an alternative to bank or building society deposits"
2. A sum payable as a first instalment on the purchase of something or as a pledge for a contract, the balance being payable later.
Example sentences: "We've saved enough for a deposit on a house"
3. A layer or mass of accumulated matter.
Example sentences: "The deposits of salt on the paintwork"
4. The action of placing something in a specified place.
Example sentences: "The deposit of a thesis in a library gives no guarantee of copyright protection"
Verb
Definitions:
1. Put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place.
Example sentences: "He deposited a pile of school books on the kitchen table"
2. Place (something) somewhere for safekeeping.
Example sentences: "A vault in which guests may deposit valuable property"
Synonyms:
pledge
contribution
deposit account
account
security deposit
collateral
mortgage
mine field
store
hoard
bank
repository
sediment
precipitate
sedimentation
put
lay
fallow land
pool
fund
legal deposit
advance money
downpayments
place
dispose
Derivations:
depositor
depository
depositary
deposition
depositing
deposited
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Deposits in Other Languages...
Spanish: Deposito
German: Einzahlung
French: Dépôt
Italian: Deposito
Turkish: Kasa
