deposit

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use

   My deposit was refunded when I returned the car.

2. 2
   verb

   put into a bank account

   I deposit my paycheck every month.

3. 3
   noun

   Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.

   Newly discovered oil and gas deposits at Nan-ch'ung in Szechwan also promise to be of increasing importance.

4. 4
   noun

   Anything left behind on a surface.

   a mineral deposit

5. 5
   noun

   A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.

   They put down a deposit on the apartment.

6. 6
   verb

   To lay down; to place; to put.

   A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand.

7. 7
   verb

   To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.

   to deposit goods in a warehouse

8. 8
   verb

   To put money or funds into an account.

   I had to deposit two months' rent into my landlord's account before he gave me the keys.

Etymology

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.