deposits
Meaning of deposits
plural 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 deposits
- The singular form of deposits is: deposit.
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Hyphenation of deposits
de-posits
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- deposits is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
deposits synonyms
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 matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; dregs:
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 a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree:
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):
Meaning put forward as fact or as a basis for argument:
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Words that rhyme with deposits
sits, absits, bedsits, besits, housesits, resits, previsits, revisits, visits, Tilsits, transits, electrodeposits, exposits, oviposits, posits, prosits, redeposits, reposits, rosits, assumpsits, outsits, whatsits, musits, babysits
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