DEPOSIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deposit mean? 

• DEPOSIT (noun)
  The noun DEPOSIT has 9 senses:

1. the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

2. matter that has been deposited by some natural process

3. the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

4. money deposited in a bank or some similar institution

5. a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later

6. money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use

7. a payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met

8. a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

9. the act of putting something somewhere

  Familiarity information: DEPOSIT used as a noun is familiar.

• DEPOSIT (verb)
  The verb DEPOSIT has 3 senses:

1. put, fix, force, or implant

2. put into a bank account

3. put (something somewhere) firmly

  Familiarity information: DEPOSIT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPOSIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

alluviation; deposit; sedimentation

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 2

Meaning:

Matter that has been deposited by some natural process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

deposit; sediment

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

matter (that which has mass and occupies space)

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

lees (the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage)

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

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

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 3

Meaning:

The natural process of laying down a deposit of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

deposit; deposition

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)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Money deposited in a bank or some similar institution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

bank deposit; deposit

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 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

deposit; down payment

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 6

Meaning:

Money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

his deposit was refunded when he returned the car

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 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 8

Meaning:

A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

deposit; depositary; depository; repository

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 9

Meaning:

The act of putting something somewhere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deposit; deposition

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)

• DEPOSIT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they deposit    ... he / she / it deposits   
Past simple: deposited   
Past participle: deposited   
-ing form: depositing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put, fix, force, or implant

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

deposit; lodge; stick; wedge

Context example:

stick your thumb in the crack

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 into a bank account

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

bank; deposit

Context example:

She deposits her paycheck every month

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)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Put (something somewhere) firmly

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

deposit; fix; posit; situate

Context example:

fix your eyes on this spot

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)

 Context examples 

In a volcanic deposit near Crater Lake, Oregon, they hit pay dirt.

(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)

This finding could imply that the exposed ice deposits may be exhumed, or they could result from molecular diffusion from depth.

(The Moon and Mercury May Have Thick Ice Deposits, NASA)

The deposits can collect in organs such as the kidney and heart.

(Amyloidosis, NIH)

“What a precious deposit!” said he with a tender sigh, as he received it.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

These episodes occurred later than the wet environmental conditions that formed lake-bed deposits the rover examined at the mountain's base.

(Curiosity Eyes Prominent Mineral Veins on Mars, NASA)

APOE binding to HSPG has been implicated as one mechanism that may contribute to the amyloid and tau protein deposits that destroy the brain.

(Unique case of disease resistance reveals possible Alzheimer’s treatment, National Institutes of Health)

This prevents the formation of amyloid deposits in certain organs and facilitates their clearance.

(Anti-amyloid Monoclonal Antibody NEOD001, NCI Thesaurus)

Tiny deposits of calcium in tissue.

(Microcalcification, NCI Thesaurus)

A tiny deposit of calcium in the breast that cannot be felt but can be detected on a mammogram.

(Microcalcification, NCI Dictionary)

Also characteristic are outward projections of the membrane between the epithelial deposits in the form of "spikes".

(Membranous Glomerulonephritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)