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depositor

depositor

27 3.7
A person or company who puts money in a bank to keep it safe
  • noun
  • /dɪˈpɑːzɪtər/
translation icon : depositante
  • As a new depositor, Maria felt relieved knowing her savings were safe at the bank.
  • bank depositors
  • pay depositors
  • protect depositors

Their scheme collapsed and depositors at the banks that backed them pulled their money.

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Examples

  • The Greek government would be forced to provide payments to Greek depositors, further increasing the national debt.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The banks then turned to their governments to protect their depositors and other creditors.

    Academic text (2012)
  • So, So what is your plan to keep large depositors from moving their funds out of community banks into the big banks?

  • The next problem is the depositor base at SVB.

  • When freed from the risk of loss, depositors are concerned only with return.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The dividend was 20 percent of what depositors were owed.

    Academic text (2013)
  • State-owned banks do not want to pay depositors market interest rates.

    Academic text (2012)
  • For practical purposes, the Mexican government provided an insurance program whose protection of depositors was virtually complete.

    Academic text (1998)
  • So if you are a depositor in a bank, you think of it as your money, but what you've really done is made a loan to the bank.

  • The British Treasury has proposed new measures to protect depositors and deal with failing banks for later legislative enactment.

    Academic text (2008)

Surface Forms

depositor singular
depositors plural

Morphology

depositor = deposit (transparent) = deposit + or

The suffix '-or' clearly indicates a person performing the action of the base verb 'deposit'.

Etymology

The word depositor comes from the verb deposit, with de- meaning 'down' and ponere meaning 'to place'. So a depositor is literally someone who 'places down' money — a person who puts money into a bank for safekeeping.