Definition of deposit

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Deposit (n.) 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..

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Bank :: Bank (n.) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level..
Oviposit :: Oviposit (v. t.) To deposit or lay (an egg).
Ampere :: Ampere (n.) The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the international ampere..
Corallian :: Corallian (n.) A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oolite; -- called also coral-rag.
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk..
Flyblow :: Flyblow (n.) One of the eggs or young larvae deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly..
Cloakroom :: Cloakroom (n.) A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time..
Pleistocene :: Pleistocene (a.) Of or pertaining to the epoch, or the deposits, following the Tertiary, and immediately preceding man..
Bloom :: Bloom (n.) A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal..
Hypostatical :: Hypostatical (a.) Depending upon, or due to, deposition or setting; as, hypostatic cognestion, cognestion due to setting of blood by gravitation..
Impregnation :: Impregnation (n.) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore..
Wernerian :: Wernerian (a.) Of or pertaining to A. G. Werner, The German mineralogist and geologist, who classified minerals according to their external characters, and advocated the theory that the strata of the earth's crust were formed by depositions from water; designating, or according to, Werner's system..
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing.
Enter :: Enter (v. t.) To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, entered according to act of Congress..
Liman :: Liman (n.) The deposit of slime at the mouth of a river; slime.
Depositing :: Depositing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deposi.
Wager :: Wager (v. t.) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge..
Box :: Box (n.) A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box..
Deposit :: Deposit (n.) 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..
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