deposit
Meaning of deposit
noun
- a sum of money paid into a bank or building society account.
cash funds which are an alternative to bank or building society deposits
- a sum payable as a first instalment on the purchase of something or as a pledge for a contract, the balance being payable later.
we've saved enough for a deposit on a house
- a layer or mass of accumulated matter.
the deposits of salt on the paintwork
- the action of placing something in a specified place.
the deposit of a thesis in a library gives no guarantee of copyright protection
I'd like to make a deposit
- put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place.
he deposited a pile of school books on the kitchen table
- place (something) somewhere for safekeeping.
a vault in which guests may deposit valuable property
late 16th century (especially in the phrases in deposit or on deposit ): from Latin depositum (noun), medieval Latin depositare (verb), both from Latin deposit- ‘laid aside’, from the verb deponere .
Information about deposit
- The plural form of deposit is: deposits.
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CatalanHyphenation of deposit
de-posit
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- deposit is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
deposit synonyms
Meaning sedimentation:
Meaning sediment:
Meaning deposition:
Meaning depository:
depository, depositary, repository
Meaning lodge:
Meaning bank:
Meaning situate:
Meaning a sum of money due as one of several equal payments for something, spread over an agreed period of time:
Meaning the state of being free from danger or threat:
Meaning a fee paid in advance to someone, especially a barrister, in order to secure their services for use when required:
Meaning a thing that is given as security for the fulfilment of a contract or the payment of a debt and is liable to forfeiture in the event of failure:
Meaning a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a plant, form part of a fence, mark a boundary, etc:
Meaning the acquisition or gradual gathering of something:
Meaning a solid deposit of a substance which has sublimed:
Meaning a sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body:
Meaning a layer of something that covers something else:
Meaning a thin layer or covering of something:
Meaning remove the dust or dirt from the surface of (something) by wiping or brushing it:
Meaning a large piece of woollen or similar material used as a covering on a bed or elsewhere for warmth:
Meaning put in a particular position:
Meaning remove (goods) from a vehicle, ship, container, etc:
Meaning cease work or movement in order to relax, sleep, or recover strength:
Meaning resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem):
Meaning adopt or be in a position in which one's weight is supported by one's buttocks rather than one's feet and one's back is upright:
Meaning let or make (something) fall vertically:
Meaning put (something) down heavily or carelessly:
Meaning leave (something) in a convenient place until required:
Meaning set down heavily or carelessly:
Meaning put or move (something) somewhere quickly:
Meaning push (someone or something) roughly:
Meaning close with a stopper:
Meaning play a keyboard or plucked stringed instrument in an inexpressive way:
Meaning unload (a ship or cargo):
Translation of deposit
- Italian: deposito, versare, depositare, versamento, sedimento
- Spanish: almacén, depósito, bodega, depositar, ingreso, sedimento, yacimiento
- French: entrepôt, remise, débarras, dépôt, déposer, versement, sédiment, sedimento, gisement
- German: deponieren, Einzahlung
- Portuguese: depositar, depósito, sedimento
Anagrams of deposit
dopiest, podites, posited, sopited, topside
Words that rhyme with deposit
mesoinosit, codeposit, composit, contraposit, disposit, electrodeposit, exposit, juxtaposit, larviposit, opposit, oviposit, posit, postposit, predeposit, redeposit, reposit, subdeposit, superdeposit, prosit, rosit
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