What is deposit?

More definitions of "deposit":

• (noun): Money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use.
  Example: "His deposit was refunded when he returned the car"

• (noun): A partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later.
  Synonyms: down payment

• (noun): The natural process of laying down a deposit of something.
  Synonyms: deposition

• (verb): Put (something somewhere) firmly.
  Example: "Deposit the suitcase on the bench"
  Synonyms: situate, fix, posit

• (noun): The act of putting something somewhere.
  Synonyms: deposition

• (noun): A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping.
  Synonyms: depository, repository

• (noun): Money deposited in a bank.
  Synonyms: bank deposit

• (noun): A payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met.

• (noun): Matter deposited by some natural process.
  Synonyms: sediment

• (verb): Put into a bank account.
  Synonyms: bank

• (verb): Fix, force, or implant.
  Synonyms: lodge, wedge, stick

Famous quotes containing the word deposit:

“A real life, a life that leaves a deposit in the shape of something alive.... It’s difficult to say what makes a life a real life.... You could also say it depends on a person being identical with himself.”
—Max Frisch (1911–1991)