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      deposit
      noun
      (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
      (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
      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
      Anything left behind on a surface.
      (law) 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.
      (geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
      A place of deposit; a depository.
      verb
      (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
      To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
      To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
      (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
      To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
      Roots
      ponopos- · Latin · put, place
      Synonyms for deposit
      banknsedimentationndepositionnsedimentnpaymentnprepaymentnalluviumndefraymentnremittancendefrayaln
      Words related to deposit
      electrodepositdepositarynredepositvdepositoryndepositornrefundableadjescrownnonrefundableadjlayawayadjnoncollectableadjsubtreasuryndepositionalcashingvoverdraftndebitingnpayableadjrepositorynwithdrawalsncashesndebitsninterbanknpayoutntellersnunderpaymentnloansncashbackpassbooknoverpaymentnaccountnoverdrawnadj

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