Dictionary Definition
deposit
Noun
1 the phenomenon of sediment or gravel
accumulating [syn: sedimentation, alluviation]
2 matter deposited by some natural process [syn:
sediment]
3 the natural process of laying down a deposit of
something [syn: deposition]
4 money deposited in a bank [syn: bank
deposit]
5 a partial payment made at the time of purchase;
the balance to be paid later [syn: down
payment]
6 money given as security for an article acquired
for temporary use; "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, repository]
9 the act of putting something somewhere [syn:
deposition]
Verb
3 put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited
her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench";
"fix your eyes on this spot" [syn: situate, fix, posit]
User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
- Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- asset that was left to the care of the other
- Money placed in an account.
- The act of placing money into an account.
- Anything left behind on a surface.
- a mineral deposit
- a deposit of seaweed on the shore
- a mineral deposit
- A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to
show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
- They put a deposit on the apartment.
Translations
sediment or rock different from the surrounding
material
- Dutch: afzetting , neerzetting
- Finnish: esiintymä
- French: dépôt
- Interlingua: deposito
- Portuguese: depósito
- Romanian: depozit , depunere
asset that was left to the care of the other
money placed in an account
- Czech: vklad
Verb
- To leave or adhere one material or item onto another.
- He deposited his gum on the bottom of the table.
- To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
- To put money or funds into an account.
Translations
to settle one material onto another
- Dutch: afzetten, neerzetten
- French: déposer
- Interlingua: depositar
- Portuguese: depositar
- Romanian: a depozita
to entrust one's assets to the care of another
- Dutch: storten
- Finnish: tallettaa
- French: déposer
- Interlingua: depositar
- Portuguese: depositar
- Romanian: a lăsa în îngrijire
to put money or funds into an account
- Czech: vložit
Anagrams
Antonyms
Extensive Definition
Deposit may refer to:
- Deposit account, the liability owed by the bank to its depositor
- Deposit (geology), material added to a landform
- Damage deposit taken in relation to rental or an item or property
- Deposit (town), New York
- Deposit (village), New York
- Deposit model, a method of identifying the character and degree of survival of buried archaeological remains
- Token amounts intended to promote recycling via container deposit legislation
deposit in German: Pfand
deposit in French: Dépôt
deposit in Simple English: Deposit
deposit in Swedish: Deposition
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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