Definition of Deposit
Verb: deposit di'pó-zit
- Put, fix, force, or implant
"deposit a bullet in the table";
- lodge, wedge, stick
- Put into a bank account
"She deposits her paycheque every month";
- bank
- Put (something somewhere) firmly
"deposit the suitcase on the bench";
- situate, fix, posit
- The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating
- sedimentation, alluviation
- Matter that has been deposited by some natural process
- sediment
- The natural process of laying down a deposit of something
- deposition
- Money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
- bank deposit
- A partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
- down payment
- Money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
"his deposit was refunded when he returned the car"
- A payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
- A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
- depository, depositary, repository
- The act of putting something somewhere
- deposition
See also:
deposing
depositaries
Anagrams containing the word deposit