deposit
UK/dɪˈpɒz.ɪt//dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/
deposit noun: sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
Noun
deposit (plural deposits)
- Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- Newly discovered oil and gas deposits at Nan-ch'ung in Szechwan also promise to be of increasing importance.1963, Yuan-li Wu, “The Infant Petroleum Industry”, in Economic Development and the Use of Energy Resources in Communist China, Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 178
- Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
- Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
- make a deposit (put money in an account)
- Anything left behind on a surface.
- a mineral deposit
- a deposit of seaweed on the shore
- A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
- They put down a deposit on the apartment.
- Synonyms:
- earnest money, down payment
- A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g., a bottle deposit or can deposit
- A place of deposit; a depository.
Verb
deposit (third-person singular simple present deposits, present participle depositing, simple past and past participle deposited)
- To lay down; to place; to put.
- A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand.
- The waters deposited a rich alluvium.
- To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
- to deposit goods in a warehouse
- Synonyms:
- reposit
- To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
- To put money or funds into an account.
- I had to deposit two months' rent into my landlord's account before he gave me the keys.
- Synonyms:
- bank
- To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
- reform and deposit his error1654, Henry Hammond, Of Schism: or a Defence of the Church of England
deposit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
deposit in Hindi
- sediment or rock different from the surrounding material
- भंडार bhaṇḍār
- money placed in an account
- जमा jamā
- to put money or funds into an account
- जमा करना jamā karnā
deposit in Tamil
- வைப்புத் தொகை, வைப்பு, சேமிப்பு, பணம் கட்டு, பணம் செலுத்து, அளகையில் பணம் கட்டு
deposit in Urdu
- امانت, تلچھٹ, ودیعت
deposit in Bengali
- deposit
- আমানত amanot
More languagesFewer languages
- deposit in Telugu
- ధరావత్తు dharāvattu, అమానతు amānatu
- deposit in Malayalam
- അടിഞ്ഞുകൂടുക aṭiññukūṭuka
- deposit in Kannada
- ಮುಂಗಡ, ಇಡು ಗಂಟು, ಇಡುಗೆ, ರಾಶಿ ಯಾ ಪದರ ನಿಧಿ
- deposit in Punjabi
- تھاتی thātī
- deposit in Gujarati
- જમા કરાવવું, જમા કરાવવી
- deposit in Odia
- ଥୋଇବା thoibā
- deposit in Sanskrit
- उपन्यास upanyāsa
- deposit in Nepali
- निक्षेप
- deposit in Pashto
- امانت amānát
- deposit in Tagalog
- latak
- deposit in Arabic
- وَدِيعَة wadīʕa, أَوْدَعَ ʔawdaʕa
- deposit in Persian
- ودیعه vadi'e, سپرده seporde
- deposit in Thai
- มัดจำ mát-jam, เงินมัดจำ, ค่ามัดจำ, เงินฝาก ngən-fàak
- deposit in Vietnamese
- tiền thế chấp, tiền đặt cọc, thế chấp, đặt cọc
Examples of deposit in a sentence
- The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
- The ohmic contacts were deposited at the edge of the mesa.
- The cinema floor was covered in grunge deposited by the crowds.
Synonyms of deposit
Antonyms
Forms of deposit
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | deposits |
| alternative form | deposite |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | deposits |
| present participle | depositing |
| past participle | deposited |
| past | deposited |
Origin of deposit
Learned borrowing from Latin depositus, past participle of depono (“put down”). Doublet of depot.
Words formed from deposit
- alluvial deposit
- bottle deposit
- brickdust deposit
- can deposit
- certificate of deposit
- container deposit
- credit-deposit ratio
- demand deposit
- deposit account
- deposit contract
- deposit insurance
- deposit interest retention tax
- deposit money
- deposit protection
- deposit receipt
- deposit slip
- direct deposit
- downposit
- immunodeposit
- macrodeposit
- microdeposit
- nanodeposit
- rhizodeposit
- safe-deposit
- safe-deposit box
- safe deposit box
- safety deposit
- safety-deposit box
- security deposit
- statutory deposit
- subdeposit
- term deposit
- time deposit
- time deposit account
- biodeposit
- codeposit
- depositee
- depositor
- electrodeposit
- electrodeposited
- misdeposited
- predeposit
- predeposited
- redeposit
- rhizodeposited
- undeposited
Phrases with deposit
Words that rhyme with deposit
Questions about deposit
- What does deposit mean?
- Deposit means sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
- What is deposit in Hindi?
- Deposit in Hindi is भंडार (bhaṇḍār), जमा (jamā), जमा करना (jamā karnā). See Deposit meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is deposit?
- Deposit can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce deposit?
- Deposit is pronounced /dɪˈpɒz.ɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of deposit?
- The plural of deposit is deposits.
Words near deposit in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deposit (page history and authors); deposit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deposit (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); আমানত (Bengali) (page history and authors); అమానతు (Telugu) (page history and authors); അടിഞ്ഞുകൂടുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); deposit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); تھاتی (Punjabi) (page history and authors); deposit (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଥୋଇବା (Odia) (page history and authors); उपन्यास (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); deposit (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); امانت (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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