deposit
- noun
- /dɪˈpɑːzɪt/
- It's all stowed away in a safe-deposit box at the Royal Bank in Geneva.
Well, anyone listening, you should always have a safety deposit box or something away from your home.
- Well, anyone listening, you should always have a safety deposit box or something away from your home.
Examples
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All during my most recent trouble, I kept it in a safety deposit vault over at Moortown.
Fiction book (1992) -
I left a check in his safety-deposit box.
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I just need to get back into my deposit box.
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What are these, safe deposit boxes?
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Trust that deposits will be there when needed.
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Here, which gives you the contents of the safe deposit box.
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And I need the name of everyone who has a safety deposit box in that vault.
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There's a safety deposit box in my name.
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You and Mom have a safety deposit box down at the bank, don't you?
Fiction book (2000) -
She keeps her jewelry in a deposit box at the bank for safety.
Synonyms
A place where people keep things until they need them
A strong locked room or digital place for keeping valuable things safe
A hidden store of money or things kept for later
A secure metal box in a bank where people keep valuables
A locked metal box in a bank where people keep valuable things or documents
A strong metal box in a bank that holds valuable things
A fireproof metal box at a bank for keeping valuable things like documents or jewelry
A safe place where people keep documents or other valuable items
A secure metal box in a bank for keeping valuable things
A place where things are kept safe for future use
A small locked box in a public place for keeping personal things
A strong, secure room in a bank that holds money, valuable things, and important papers
A drawer or box in a shop where money is kept
A room or building where people keep money and valuable things safe
A small container with a slot on top for keeping coins or paper money
A person, place, or group that keeps things safe for others
A small container with a slot for saving coins at home
A locked box where people put cash payments
A small container with a slot for keeping coins at home
A place where something stays or is kept, often for safety
Compounds
A fireproof metal box at a bank for keeping valuable things like documents or jewelry
- Specialized
Money paid in advance to a landlord or company as a promise you will keep the agreement
A United States government group that promises to pay back people's bank deposits if a bank fails
- Specialized
A paper from a bank showing you deposit money for a fixed time to earn interest
A bank account where you leave money for a fixed time and often cannot take it out without notice
- Specialized
A bank account where you leave money for a fixed time to earn higher interest and cannot take out early
- Specialized
A bank account that keeps money for a fixed time with fees for withdrawing early
How Secure
Surface Forms
Etymology
Deposit comes from the Latin parts de- 'down' and ponere 'to put', so it literally meant 'to put down'. By extension, a deposit can be a place where you 'put down' and keep things safe, like a storage room or luggage area.