Deposit - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- matter that has been deposited by some natural process (syn: sediment)
- the natural process of laying down a deposit of something (syn: deposition)
- money deposited in a bank or some similar institution
- a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later
- money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use
- a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping (syn: depositary, depository, repository)
- the act of putting something somewhere (syn: deposition)
verb
- put into a bank account (syn: bank)
Extra examples
Your paycheck will be automatically deposited into your account.
I deposited over $3,000 this afternoon.
Please deposit your things in your room and return to the hotel lobby.
The taxi deposited us at the train station.
Our records show that she made a large deposit to her account earlier in the month.
If you return that empty soda can, you'll get back the five-cent deposit you paid when you bought the soda.
The rental car company requires a deposit for drivers under the age of 25.
He had surgery to remove calcium deposits from his knee.
Their company has discovered new oil deposits below the ocean floor.
Fred had taken the wise step of depositing the eighty pounds with his mother.
A myth may be deposited from a misunderstood text.
When no more silver deposits on the copper, the operation is completed.
The deposit is forfeited / not refundable.
A deposit of 10% is required.
We put down a deposit on a house.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: deposit
he/she/it: deposits
present participle: depositing
past tense: deposited
past participle: deposited
singular: deposit
plural: deposits
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