DEPOSITOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does depositor mean? 

• DEPOSITOR (noun)
  The noun DEPOSITOR has 1 sense:

1. a person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution

  Familiarity information: DEPOSITOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPOSITOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who has deposited money in a bank or similar institution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

investor (someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns)

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

withdrawer (a depositor who withdraws funds previously deposited)

Derivation:

deposit (put into a bank account)

 Context examples 

It is, of course, well known to you that in a successful banking business as much depends upon our being able to find remunerative investments for our funds as upon our increasing our connection and the number of our depositors.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)