Search Result for "deposit": pronunciation
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (9)

1. the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating;
[syn: deposit, sedimentation, alluviation]

2. matter that has been deposited by some natural process;
[syn: sediment, deposit]

3. the natural process of laying down a deposit of something;
[syn: deposition, deposit]

4. money deposited in a bank or some similar institution;
[syn: deposit, bank deposit]

5. a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later;
[syn: down payment, deposit]

6. money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use;
- Example: "his deposit was refunded when he returned the car"

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;
[syn: depository, deposit, depositary, repository]

9. the act of putting something somewhere;
[syn: deposit, deposition]


VERB (3)

1. put, fix, force, or implant;
- Example: "lodge a bullet in the table"
- Example: "stick your thumb in the crack"
[syn: lodge, wedge, stick, deposit]

2. put into a bank account;
- Example: "She deposits her paycheck every month"
[syn: deposit, bank]

3. put (something somewhere) firmly;
- Example: "She posited her hand on his shoulder"
- Example: "deposit the suitcase on the bench"
- Example: "fix your eyes on this spot"
[syn: situate, fix, posit, deposit]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Deposit \De*pos"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deposited; p. pr. & vb. n. Depositing.] [L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See Depone, and cf. Deposit, n.] 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. [1913 Webster] The fear is deposited in conscience. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] If what is written prove useful to you, to the depositing that which I can not but deem an error. --Hammond. [1913 Webster] Note: Both this verb and the noun following were formerly written deposite. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Deposit \De*pos"it\, n. [L. depositum, fr. depositus, p. p. of deponere: cf. F. d['e]p[^o]t, OF. depost. See Deposit, v. t., 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). [1913 Webster] The deposit already formed affording to the succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis. --Kirwan. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining) A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation. --Raymond. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 5. A place of deposit; a depository. [R.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
U.S. Gazetteer (1990):

Deposit, NY (village, FIPS 20346) Location: 42.06397 N, 75.42188 W Population (1990): 1936 (834 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13754
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

194 Moby Thesaurus words for "deposit": accumulation, acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, allocation, alluvion, alluvium, amortization, amortizement, ash, assignment, bank, binder, bond, bosom, bottle up, bottomry, bundle away, bury, cache, cash, cash payment, caution, caution money, chimney, chute, cinder, clearance, clinker, coffer, collateral, collateral security, collocation, consign, country rock, debris, debt service, defrayal, defrayment, deployment, deposition, deposits, detritus, dike, diluvium, disbursal, discharge, disposition, doling out, down payment, draff, dregs, drift, drop, dross, earnest, earnest money, ember, embosom, emplacement, entrust, feces, file, file and forget, forfeit, froth, gangue, go bail, grounds, handsel, hide away, hire purchase, hire purchase plan, hock, hutch, hypothecate, impignorate, installment, installment plan, interest payment, keep, keep hidden, keep secret, lading, lay, lay away, lay down, lay in, lay in store, leave, lees, liquidation, loading, localization, locating, location, lock up, lode, lodestuff, lodge, loess, margin, matrix, mineral deposit, monthly payments, moraine, mortgage, never-never, offscum, ore bed, pack away, packing, pawn, pay dirt, paying, paying off, paying out, paying up, payment, payment in kind, payoff, pinpointing, place, placement, placing, plant, pledge, plunk down, positioning, post, posting, precipitate, precipitation, prepayment, put, put away, put down, put in hock, put in pawn, put up, putting, quarterly payments, quittance, regular payments, remittance, repose, reposit, reposition, reservoir, rest, retirement, salt away, salt down, satisfaction, save, scoria, scree, scum, seal up, secrete, sediment, sedimentate, sedimentation, set aside, set down, settlement, settlings, shoot, silt, sinking-fund payment, sinter, situation, slag, smut, soot, spawn, spot cash, spotting, spout, stake, stash, stationing, stock, storage, store, store away, stow, stow away, stow down, stowage, sublimate, vein, warehouse, weekly payments