deposit

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A sum of money paid as a first part of a larger payment, or to reserve something.

   They put down a deposit on the apartment to hold it.

2. 2
   verb

   To put money into a bank account.

   I deposit my paycheck into my account every month.

3. 3
   noun

   A layer of a substance, such as minerals or oil, found in the ground.

   Large oil deposits were discovered beneath the desert.

4. 4
   verb

   To put or leave something in a particular place.

   The river deposits mud along its banks during the flood.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-der. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin deposituslbor. English deposit Learned borrowing from Latin depositus, past participle of depono (“put down”). Doublet of depot.

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