See Also: Deposit(medicine)
deposit(2)(dictionary)
deposit(1)(dictionary)
SPECIAL DEPOSIT(law)
deposit (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
certificate of deposit (CD)(encyclopedia)
alluvial deposit(encyclopedia)
Time deposit(finance)
Safe(ty) deposit box(finance)
Linked deposit(finance)

deposit(2) (iou)



deposit verb. E17.
[French depositer or medieval Latin depositare from Latin depositum: see DEPOSIT noun.]
verb trans. Pay or give (esp. money) to another as a pledge for the fulfilment of a contract etc., or as the first instalment of a payment. E17.
verb trans. Place in a repository or in someone's charge, for safe keeping; spec. place (money) in a bank, building society, etc., usu. at interest. M17.
B. Trapido He..deposited one million lire in my bank account.
verb trans. fig. Lay aside, give up. M17-E19.
verb trans. Put, place, or set down; lay (an egg). L17.
H. James He..deposited his big tea-cup upon the table. F. Tuohy A taxi was depositing the last drunks outside the doors of the apartment buildings.
verb trans. Of a natural agent: form or lay down as a deposit. Freq. in pass. L17.
D. L. Sayers If a person takes arsenic, a certain proportion..will be deposited in the skin, nails, and hair. F. Tuohy The stream had deposited centuries of rich dark soil.
b. verb intrans. Form a natural deposit, settle. rare. M19.
depositable adjective E17.
deposi'tee noun a person with whom something is deposited L17.