Definition of Deposit

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Deposit

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium.

To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.

To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order.

To lay aside; to rid one's self of.

That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river).

A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation.

That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security.

A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.

Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing.

A place of deposit; a depository.

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Deposit Quotations

If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.
Woody Allen

Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.
Dan Quayle

I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again. When you go to confession and entrust your sins to the safe-keeping of the priest, do you ever come back for them?
Jean Baudrillard

It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work.
Edward Gibbon

My legislation, the Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2005, simply eliminates the taxation of interest earned in savings accounts, such as passbook savings accounts or bank certificates of deposit.
Cliff Stearns

If you need to put your money in a safe and secure place and you want it to earn interest, Treasury bonds are safer than putting it in any bank as a deposit or putting it anywhere else, because they are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government.
Jim Cooper

While tax refunds amount to substantial income for many Americans, current IRS rules do not allow taxpayers to directly deposit their refund into more than one account.
Jim Cooper

The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.
Jim Hightower

The Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man. Right then and there, God should have demanded a damage deposit.
Jim Hightower

We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love.
Irving Layton

Deposit Translations

deposit in Afrikaans is deponeer
deposit in Dutch is afgeven, deponeren, in bewaring geven
deposit in Finnish is tallettaa
deposit in German is Ablagerung {f}, ablagern, deponieren, Ablage {f}
deposit in Italian is pagare, depositare, incluso
deposit in Norwegian is innskudd, deponere, avleiring, depositum

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