Meaning

(geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems..

Definitions by Sense

1. (geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
2. (law) Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc.
3. (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
4. Anything left behind on a surface.
5. (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
6. A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit
7. A place of deposit; a depository.
8. (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.

Example Sentences

Newly discovered oil and gas deposits at Nan-ch'ung in Szechwan also promise to be of increasing importance.

a mineral deposit

a deposit of seaweed on the shore

a deposit of jam on my countertop

They put down a deposit on the apartment.

A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand.

The waters deposited a rich alluvium.

This fear is deposited in conscience.

Word Forms

• deposits
• deposite
• depositing
• deposited

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Use deposit when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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