| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de·pos·it |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -p z t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: de·pos·it·ed, de·pos·it·ing, de·pos·its
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To put or set down; place. 2. To lay down or leave behind by a natural process: layers of sediment that were deposited on the ocean floor; glaciers that deposited their debris as they melted. 3a. To give over or entrust for safekeeping. b. To put (money) in a bank or financial account. 4. To give as partial payment or security. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To become deposited; settle. | | NOUN: | 1. Something, such as money, that is entrusted for safekeeping, as in a bank. 2. The condition of being deposited: funds on deposit with a broker. 3. A partial or initial payment of a cost or debt: left a $100 deposit toward the purchase of a stereo system. 4. A sum of money given as security for an item acquired for temporary use. 5. A depository. 6. Something deposited, especially by a natural process, as: a. Geology A concentration of mineral matter or sediment in a layer, vein, or pocket: iron ore deposits; rich deposits of oil and natural gas. b. Physiology An accumulation of organic or inorganic material, such as a lipid or mineral, in a body tissue, structure, or fluid. c. A sediment or precipitate that has settled out of a solution. 7. A coating or crust left on a surface, as by evaporation or electrolysis. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin d p nere, dpsit-. See depone. | | OTHER FORMS: | de·posi·tor —NOUN
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