deposit

B1 Topic:Personal Finance

US /dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/ UK /dɪˈpɒz.ɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #4593

Meanings

1

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

Usage: For an initial payment, use pay a deposit or put down a deposit on something. The payment reserves an item or covers part of its full price.

We paid a deposit on the apartment before arranging the moving date.

They put down a deposit on the apartment to hold it.
2

verb
To put money into a bank account.

I deposit my paycheck into my account every month.
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

verb
To put or leave something in a particular place.

The river deposits mud along its banks during the flood.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a sum of money paid as a... down payment

2 verb · to put money into a bank... bank

Opposites

withdraw

Word family

Forms depositeddepositingdepositordepositorsdeposits

Derived forms biodepositcodepositdepositeedepositordownpositelectrodepositelectrodepositedimmunodepositmacrodepositmicrodepositmisdepositednanodeposit

Related forms deposedepositarydepositoryrefundablerepositorysuppository

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Phrases (1)

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security deposit
money held in advance to cover possible damage or unpaid obligations

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Latin depositus, a form of dēpōnō, to put down, combining dē- with pōnō, whose infinitive is pōnere.

*tḱey- Proto-Indo-European depositus Latin ponere Latin

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Topics

Personal Finance Money & Finance

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# deposit

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈpɒz.ɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 4593

## Meanings
1. A sum of money paid as a first part of a larger payment, or to reserve something.
2. To put money into a bank account.
3. A layer of a substance, such as minerals or oil, found in the ground.
4. To put or leave something in a particular place.

## Usage Notes
- A sum of money paid as a first part of a larger payment, or to reserve something.: For an initial payment, use pay a deposit or put down a deposit on something. The payment reserves an item or covers part of its full price.

## Examples
- We paid a deposit on the apartment before arranging the moving date.
- They put down a deposit on the apartment to hold it.
- I deposit my paycheck into my account every month.
- Large oil deposits were discovered beneath the desert.
- The river deposits mud along its banks during the flood.

## Antonyms
- withdraw

## Derived Forms
- biodeposit
- codeposit
- depositee
- depositor
- downposit
- electrodeposit
- electrodeposited
- immunodeposit
- macrodeposit
- microdeposit
- misdeposited
- nanodeposit

## Related Forms
- depose
- depositary
- depository
- refundable
- repository
- suppository

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *tḱey-
- Root: depositus
- Root: ponere - to put

## Etymology
From Latin depositus, a form of dēpōnō, to put down, combining dē- with pōnō, whose infinitive is pōnere.

## AI Etymology
deposit is a learned borrowing from Latin depositus, past participle of depono (“put down”). Doublet of depot. The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-, Latin depositus. Current senses include A sum of money paid as a first part of a larger payment, or to reserve something and to put money into a bank account. English relatives and later formations include biodeposit, codeposit, depositee, depose, depositary.

## Topics
- Personal Finance
- Money & Finance

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