Library / English Dictionary

DEPOSIT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of putting something somewhere

Synonyms:

deposit; deposition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("deposit" is a kind of...):

buildup (the act of building up an accumulation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deposit"):

repositing; reposition; storage; warehousing (depositing in a warehouse)

Derivation:

deposit (put (something somewhere) firmly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

Synonyms:

deposit; depositary; depository; repository

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("deposit" is a kind of...):

facility; installation (a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry)

Meronyms (parts of "deposit"):

storage space (the area in any structure that provides space for storage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deposit"):

archive (a depository containing historical records and documents)

bank; bank building (a building in which the business of banking transacted)

drop (a central depository where things can be left or picked up)

depository library; library (a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study)

lost-and-found (repository in a public building where lost articles can be kept until their owners reclaim them)

museum (a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value)

repertory (a storehouse where a stock of things is kept)

sperm bank (a depository for storing sperm)

depot; entrepot; storage; store; storehouse (a depository for goods)

treasury (a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("deposit" is a kind of...):

guarantee; warrant; warrantee; warranty (a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Matter that has been deposited by some natural process

Synonyms:

deposit; sediment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("deposit" is a kind of...):

matter (that which has mass and occupies space)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deposit"):

evaporite (the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater)

lick; salt lick (a salt deposit that animals regularly lick)

lees (the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage)

dregs; settlings (sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid)

alluvial deposit; alluvial sediment; alluvion; alluvium (clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

Synonyms:

alluviation; deposit; sedimentation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("deposit" is a kind of...):

geological phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deposit"):

load; lode (a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use

Example:

his deposit was refunded when he returned the car

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("deposit" is a kind of...):

security; surety (property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later

Synonyms:

deposit; down payment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("deposit" is a kind of...):

payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deposit"):

margin; security deposit (the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Money deposited in a bank or some similar institution

Synonyms:

bank deposit; deposit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("deposit" is a kind of...):

fund; monetary fund (a reserve of money set aside for some purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deposit"):

demand deposit (a bank deposit from which withdrawals can be made without notice)

Derivation:

deposit (put into a bank account)

Sense 9

Meaning:

The natural process of laying down a deposit of something

Synonyms:

deposit; deposition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("deposit" is a kind of...):

accretion; accumulation (an increase by natural growth or addition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deposit"):

electrodeposition (the deposition of a substance on an electrode by the action of electricity (especially by electrolysis))

pigmentation (the deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings)

redeposition (deposition from one deposit to another)

superposition ((geology) the deposition of one geological stratum on another)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put, fix, force, or implant

Example:

stick your thumb in the crack

Synonyms:

deposit; lodge; stick; wedge

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "deposit" is one way to...):

fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deposit"):

redeposit (deposit anew)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put (something somewhere) firmly

Example:

fix your eyes on this spot

Synonyms:

deposit; fix; posit; situate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "deposit" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deposit"):

bury (place in the earth and cover with soil)

sediment (deposit as a sediment)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

deposit; deposition (the act of putting something somewhere)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Put into a bank account

Example:

She deposits her paycheck every month

Synonyms:

bank; deposit

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "deposit" is one way to...):

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deposit"):

redeposit (deposit once again)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They deposit the money

Antonym:

withdraw (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))

Derivation:

deposit (money deposited in a bank or some similar institution)

depositor (a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The portion of the world's climate system which consists of snow and ice deposits.

(Cryosphere, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

A condition characterized by a dry, waxy type of swelling with abnormal deposits of mucin in the skin and other tissues.

(Myxedema, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The microfilariae of Onchocerca are thus deposited beneath the skin.

(Ocular Onchocerciasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Abnormal tissue that results from the progressive accumulation or deposit of certain substances in a body cavity, surface, or lumen.

(Plaque, NCI Thesaurus)

This variant typically lacks nuclear palisading, wet keratin, calcification, and cholesterol deposits.

(Papillary Craniopharyngioma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

Cells which secrete an extracellular matrix into which hydroxyapaetite crystals are deposited to form bone.

(Osteoblast, NCI Thesaurus)

Narrowing of the coronary arteries due to fatty deposits inside the arterial walls.

(Coronary Artery Disease, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

Both swift and powerful, millions of complement components can deposit on an invading microbe within only a few minutes.

(Complement Component Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Macrocalcifications are large deposits and are usually not related to cancer.

(Calcification, NCI Dictionary)

A finding indicating the presence of cadmium mineral deposits in an organ.

(Cadmium Deposition, NCI Thesaurus)