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Definition
nounSediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
nounBailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
Sentence Examples
Some people do not like to deposit their money in banks.
Please deposit the money in a bank.
You need to pay a small deposit to secure the apartment.
To secure the apartment, we had to ____ a full month's rent as a safety measure.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Some people do not like to ____ their money in banks.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Newly discovered oil and gas deposits at Nan-ch'ung in Szechwan also promise to be of increasing importance."
— 1963, Yuan-li Wu, “The Infant Petroleum Industry”, in Economic Development and the Use of Energy Resources in Communist China, Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 178:
"This fear is deposited in conscience."
— 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC:
"The lights of Luluabourg disappeared, and we were in the blackness of the African night, which was continuously pierced by the showers of red sparks ejected skywards and red hot ashes deposited on the track as the fireman rocked his fire."
— 1958 February 26, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, in Railway Magazine, page 93:
"reform and deposit his error"
— 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Schism: or a Defence of the Church of England: