See Also: depot(dictionary)
Depot(money)
depot(dictionary)
Lupron depot(health)
Nutropin depot(health)
Trelstar depot(health)
depot injection(medicine)
Genessee Depot(tourism)
Grandpa's at the Depot(tourism)
Lupron depot-ped(health)

depot (iou)



depot noun. Also (now rare) dep?t. L18.

a. The action or an act of depositing. rare. L18-M19.
b. A deposit, a collection, a store. Now spec. (transf. from sense 4 below) a localized accumulation of a substance in the body. M19.
P. Parish It takes several days for the depot of the drug to accumulate, so high starter doses are normally given.
A military establishment at which stores are deposited, recruits or other troops assembled, or, formerly, prisoners of war confined; esp. a regimental headquarters. L18.
T. Parker The letter..told me to report to the depot at Bassingbourne.
A place where goods etc. are deposited or stored, often for later dispatch; a storehouse, an emporium. L18.
G. G. Scott The church was used as the coal dep?t for the castle. R. H. Tawney The Portuguese Government made it [Antwerp] in 1503 the dep?t of the Eastern spice trade.
b. A place where vehicles, locomotives, etc., are housed and maintained and from which they are dispatched for service; N. Amer. a railway or bus station. M19.
L. T. C. Rolt Midnight after the last electric train has gone to its depot.
A site in the body at which a particular substance naturally concentrates or is deposited. E20.
attrib.: Lancet Daily injections..were replaced by a single intramuscular depot injection.
Comb.: depot battalion, depot company: remaining behind at headquarters when the rest of the regiment is on foreign service; depot ship: acting as a depot, for small warships, fishing vessels, naval forces, etc.