ALL meanings of deposit
de·pos·it
D d - countable noun deposit A deposit is a sum of money which is part of the full price of something, and which you pay when you agree to buy it. 3
- countable noun deposit A deposit is a sum of money which you pay when you start renting something. The money is returned to you if you do not damage what you have rented. 3
- countable noun deposit A deposit is a sum of money which is in a bank account or savings account, especially a sum which will be left there for some time. 3
- countable noun deposit A deposit is a sum of money which you have to pay if you want to be a candidate in a parliamentary or European election. The money is returned to you if you receive more than a certain percentage of the votes. 3
- countable noun deposit A deposit is an amount of a substance that has been left somewhere as a result of a chemical or geological process. 3
- verb deposit To deposit someone or something somewhere means to put them or leave them there. 3
- verb deposit If you deposit something somewhere, you put it where it will be safe until it is needed again. 3
- verb deposit If you deposit a sum of money, you pay it into a bank account or savings account. 3
- verb deposit If a substance is deposited somewhere, it is left there as a result of a chemical or geological process. 3
- verb deposit to put or set down, esp carefully or in a proper place; place 3
- verb deposit to entrust for safekeeping; consign 3
- verb deposit to place (money) in a bank or similar institution in order to earn interest or for safekeeping 3
- verb deposit to give (money) in part payment or as security 3
- verb deposit to lay down naturally; cause to settle 3
- noun deposit an instance of entrusting money or valuables to a bank or similar institution 3
- noun deposit the money or valuables so entrusted 3
- noun deposit money given in part payment or as security, as when goods are bought on hire-purchase 3
- noun deposit a consideration, esp money, given temporarily as security against loss of or damage to something borrowed or hired 3
- noun deposit an accumulation of sediments, mineral ores, coal, etc 3
- noun deposit any deposited material, such as a sediment or a precipitate that has settled out of solution 3
- noun deposit a coating produced on a surface, esp a layer of metal formed by electrolysis 3
- noun deposit a depository or storehouse 3
- verb transitive deposit to place or entrust for safekeeping 3
- verb transitive deposit to put (money) in a bank, as for safekeeping or to earn interest 3
- verb transitive deposit to put down as a pledge or partial payment 3
- verb transitive deposit to put, lay, or set down 3
- verb transitive deposit to cause (sand, sediment, etc.) to settle or form by a natural process 3
- noun deposit something placed or entrusted for safekeeping; specif., money put in a bank 3
- noun deposit a pledge or part payment 3
- noun deposit a sum of money paid as security on something rented, or for a returnable bottle, etc. 3
- noun deposit the act of depositing 3
- noun deposit a depository 3
- noun deposit something deposited or left lying 3
- noun deposit sand, clay, mineral masses, etc. deposited by the action of wind, water, volcanic eruption, or ice 3
- verb deposit If you deposit money in a bank account, you put it there. 3
- noun deposit A deposit is a sum of money which you pay when you book a room at a hotel or guest house. The amount is taken off your final bill when you leave. 3
- noun deposit money: in bank 1
- noun deposit money: for security 1
- noun deposit money: partial payment 1
- noun deposit mineral: sediment 1
- transitive verb deposit place 1
- transitive verb deposit money: put in bank 1
- noun deposit sth left behind 1
- transitive verb deposit place and leave 1
- transitive verb deposit coin: insert 1
- transitive verb deposit lay down, throw down 1
- noun deposit A sum of money placed or kept in a bank account, usually to gain interest. 1
- verb with object deposit to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday. 1
- verb with object deposit to give as security or in part payment. 1
- verb with object deposit to deliver and leave (an item): Please deposit your returned books with the librarian. 1