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de·pos·it  audio  (d-pzt) KEY 

VERB:
de·pos·it·ed, de·pos·it·ing, de·pos·its
VERB:
tr.
  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.
    1. To give over or entrust for safekeeping.
    2. To put (money) in a bank or financial account.
  4. To give as partial payment or security.
VERB:
intr.
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:
    1. Geology A concentration of mineral matter or sediment in a layer, vein, or pocket: iron ore deposits; rich deposits of oil and natural gas.
    2. Physiology An accumulation of organic or inorganic material, such as a lipid or mineral, in a body tissue, structure, or fluid.
    3. 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 dpnere, dpsit- ; see depone

OTHER FORMS:
de·posi·tor(Noun)


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