depositary
Meaning of depositary
- a person to whom something is lodged in trust.
in the seventeenth century, goldsmiths acted as depositaries for the gold of the rich
adjective
(of a share or receipt) representing a share in a foreign company. The depositary share or receipt is traded on the stock exchange of the investor's country rather than the actual share, which is deposited in a foreign bank.
early 17th century: from late Latin depositarius, from the verb deponere (see deposit).
Information about depositary
- The plural form of depositary is: depositaries.
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Hyphenation of depositary
de-posi-tary
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- depositary is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
depositary synonyms
Meaning depository:
depository, deposit, repository
Translation of depositary
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