'Deposit' definitions:
Definition of 'deposit'
From: WordNet
noun
The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating [syn: deposit, sedimentation, alluviation]
noun
Matter that has been deposited by some natural process [syn: sediment, deposit]
noun
The natural process of laying down a deposit of something [syn: deposition, deposit]
noun
Money deposited in a bank or some similar institution [syn: deposit, bank deposit]
noun
A partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later [syn: down payment, deposit]
noun
Money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use; "his deposit was refunded when he returned the car"
noun
A payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met
noun
A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping [syn: depository, deposit, depositary, repository]
noun
The act of putting something somewhere [syn: deposit, deposition]
verb
Put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack" [syn: lodge, wedge, stick, deposit] [ant: dislodge, free]
verb
Put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month" [syn: deposit, bank] [ant: draw, draw off, take out, withdraw]
verb
Definition of 'Deposit'
From: GCIDE
- Deposit \De*pos"it\, n. [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). [1913 Webster]
- The deposit already formed affording to the succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis. --Kirwan. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mining) A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A place of deposit; a depository. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Deposit'
From: GCIDE
- Deposit \De*pos"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deposited; p. pr. & vb. n. Depositing.] [L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See Depone, and cf. Deposit, n.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The fear is deposited in conscience. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- If what is written prove useful to you, to the depositing that which I can not but deem an error. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Both this verb and the noun following were formerly written deposite. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deposit'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Deposit, NY -- U.S. village in New York
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.
Words containing 'Deposit'
- Deposited,
- Depositing,
- Deposition,
- In deposit,
- On deposit,
- deposite,
- Bank of deposit,
- Deposit, NY,
- Fort Deposit,
- Lacustrine deposits,
- Port Deposit,
- Special deposit,
- alluvial deposit,
- bank deposit,
- certificate of deposit,
- demand deposit,
- deposit account,
- deposit box,
- security deposit,
- time deposit,
- Fort Deposit, AL,
- Port Deposit, MD,
- safe-deposit,
- safety deposit box,
- safety-deposit,
- time deposit account,
- federal deposit insurance corporation,
- safe-deposit box