 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
deposit
noun
1: the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating [syn: {sedimentation},
{alluviation}]
2: matter deposited by some natural process [syn: {sediment}]
3: the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
[syn: {deposition}]
4: money deposited in a bank [syn: {bank deposit}]
5: a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance
to be paid later [syn: {down payment}]
6: money given as security for an article acquired for
temporary use; "his deposit was refunded when he returned
the car"
7: a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be
met
8: a facility where things can be deposited for storage or
safekeeping [syn: {depository}, {repository}]
9: the act of putting something somewhere [syn: {deposition}]
verb
1: fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table" [syn:
{lodge}, {wedge}, {stick}] [ant: {dislodge}]
2: put into a bank account; "She deposites her paycheck every
month" [syn: {bank}] [ant: {withdraw}]
3: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on
his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix
your eyes on this spot" [syn: {situate}, {fix}, {posit}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deposit \De*pos"it\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Deposited}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Depositing}.] [L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See
{Depone}, and cf. {Deposit}, noun]
1. To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down
(as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the
sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium.
The fear is deposited in conscience. --Jer. Taylor.
2. To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store;
as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.
3. To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit
to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a
bank, as a sum of money subject to order.
4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. [Obs.]
If what is written prove useful to you, to the
depositing that which I can not but deem an error.
--Hammond.
Note: Both this verb and the noun following were formerly
written {deposite}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deposit \De*pos"it\, noun [L. depositum, fr. depositus, p. p. of
deponere: cf. F. d['e]p[^o]t, OF. depost. See {Deposit}, v.
t., and cf. {Depot}.]
1. That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a
deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a
solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or
that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel,
etc., deposits of a river).
The deposit already formed affording to the
succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis.
--Kirwan.
2. (Mining) A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under
the conditions to invite exploitation. --Raymond.
3. That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for
safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another;
esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to
order; anything given as pledge or security.
4. (Law)
(a) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously
for the bailor.
(b) Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for
the performance of a duty assumed by the person
depositing.
5. A place of deposit; a depository. [R.]
{Bank of deposit}. See under {Bank}.
{In deposit}, or {On deposit}, in trust or safe keeping as a
deposit; as, coins were received on deposit.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
194 Moby Thesaurus words for "deposit":
accumulation, acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, allocation,
alluvion, alluvium, amortization, amortizement, ash, assignment,
bank, binder, bond, bosom, bottle up, bottomry, bundle away, bury,
cache, cash, cash payment, caution, caution money, chimney, chute,
cinder, clearance, clinker, coffer, collateral,
collateral security, collocation, consign, country rock, debris,
debt service, defrayal, defrayment, deployment, deposition,
deposits, detritus, dike, diluvium, disbursal, discharge,
disposition, doling out, down payment, draff, dregs, drift, drop,
dross, earnest, earnest money, ember, embosom, emplacement,
entrust, feces, file, file and forget, forfeit, froth, gangue,
go bail, grounds, handsel, hide away, hire purchase,
hire purchase plan, hock, hutch, hypothecate, impignorate,
installment, installment plan, interest payment, keep, keep hidden,
keep secret, lading, lay, lay away, lay down, lay in, lay in store,
leave, lees, liquidation, loading, localization, locating,
location, lock up, lode, lodestuff, lodge, loess, margin, matrix,
mineral deposit, monthly payments, moraine, mortgage, never-never,
offscum, ore bed, pack away, packing, pawn, pay dirt, paying,
paying off, paying out, paying up, payment, payment in kind,
payoff, pinpointing, place, placement, placing, plant, pledge,
plunk down, positioning, post, posting, precipitate, precipitation,
prepayment, put, put away, put down, put in hock, put in pawn,
put up, putting, quarterly payments, quittance, regular payments,
remittance, repose, reposit, reposition, reservoir, rest,
retirement, salt away, salt down, satisfaction, save, scoria,
scree, scum, seal up, secrete, sediment, sedimentate,
sedimentation, set aside, set down, settlement, settlings, shoot,
silt, sinking-fund payment, sinter, situation, slag, smut, soot,
spawn, spot cash, spotting, spout, stake, stash, stationing, stock,
storage, store, store away, stow, stow away, stow down, stowage,
sublimate, vein, warehouse, weekly payments
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Deposit, NY (village, FIPS 20346)
Location: 42.06397 N, 75.42188 W
Population (1990): 1936 (834 housing units)
Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 13754
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Deposit, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000): 1699
Housing Units (2000): 823
Land area (2000): 1.257708 sq. miles (3.257448 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.059620 sq. miles (0.154416 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.317328 sq. miles (3.411864 sq. km)
FIPS code: 20346
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 42.061856 N, 75.423358 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 13754
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Deposit, NY
Deposit
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