deposit

English

Alternative forms

• deposite (17th-19th centuries)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin depositus, past participle of depono (“put down”). Doublet of depot.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɒzɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɑzɪt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɒzɪt

Noun

deposit (plural deposits)

2. (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.
3. (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.
4. (banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
5. Anything left behind on a surface.

   a mineral deposit

   a deposit of seaweed on the shore

   a deposit of jam on my countertop

6. (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.

   Synonyms: earnest money, down payment

   They put down a deposit on the apartment.

7. 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
8. A place of deposit; a depository.

Derived terms

• bank deposit
• bottle deposit
• brickdust deposit
• can deposit
• certificate of deposit
• container deposit
• container-deposit
• credit-deposit ratio
• demand deposit
• deposit contract
• deposit insurance
• deposit interest retention tax
• deposit money
• deposit protection
• direct deposit
• safe-deposit
• safe-deposit box
• safe deposit box
• safety deposit
• safety-deposit box
• security deposit
• statutory deposit
• term deposit
• time deposit

 

Related terms

• depositary
• depository

 

Translations

sediment or rock different from the surrounding material

• Belarusian: радо́вішча n (radóvišča), месцанараджэ́нне n (mjescanaradžénnje), абло́га (be) f (ablóha)
• Bulgarian: зале́ж m (zaléž)
• Catalan: jaciment (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沉積／沉积 (zh) (chénjī)

• Danish: aflejring (da) c, forekomst c
• Dutch: afzetting (nl) f, neerzetting f
• Estonian: sadestis
• Finnish: esiintymä (fi)
• French: dépôt (fr) m, gisement (fr) m
• German: Ablagerung (de) f, Vorkommen (de) n
• Greek: κοίτασμα (el) n (koítasma)
• Ido: sedimento (io)
• Interlingua: deposito
• Irish: sil-leagan m
• Japanese: 堆積物 (ja) (たいせきぶつ, taisekibutsu)
• Korean: 퇴적물(堆積物) (ko) (toejeongmul)
• Maori: pātokatoka
• Polish: osad (pl) m, złoże (pl) n
• Portuguese: depósito (pt) m
• Romanian: depozit (ro) n, depunere (ro) f, zăcământ (ro) n
• Russian: месторожде́ние (ru) n (mestoroždénije), за́лежь (ru) f (záležʹ), оса́док (ru) m (osádok), отложе́ние (ru) n (otložénije)
• Swedish: avlagring (sv) c
• Tagalog: latak
• Ukrainian: родо́вище n (rodóvyšče), по́клад m (póklad)
• Welsh: dyddodyn m

leaving goods in another's custody for safekeeping

• Belarusian: дэпазі́т m (depazít)
• Bulgarian: депо́зит m (depózit)
• Catalan: dipòsit (ca) m
• Czech: úschova f
• Danish: depositum n
• Dutch: bewaargeving (nl) f
• Finnish: talletus (fi), depositio (fi)
• French: dépôt (fr) m
• German: Verwahrung (de) f, (Switzerland) Hinterlegung (de) f
• Greek: παρακαταθήκη (el) f (parakatathíki)
• Hungarian: letét (hu)
• Interlingua: deposito
• Italian: deposito (it) m
• Japanese: 供託 (ja) (きょうたく, kyōtaku), 寄託 (ja) (きたく, kitaku)
• Polish: umowa przechowania f, depozyt (pl) m
• Portuguese: depósito (pt) m
• Romanian: depozit (ro) n
• Russian: депози́т (ru) m (depozít)
• Swedish: deposition (sv) c
• Ukrainian: депози́т m (depozýt)
• Welsh: adnau m

money placed in an account

• Arabic: وَدِيعَة f (wadīʕa)
• Belarusian: укла́д m (uklád), дэпазі́т m (depazít)
• Bulgarian: влог (bg) m (vlog)
• Catalan: dipòsit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 存款 (zh) (cúnkuǎn)

• Czech: vklad m
• Danish: indskud (da) n
• Dutch: deposito (nl) n
• Finnish: talletus (fi)
• French: dépôt (fr) m
• German: Einzahlung (de) f
• Greek: κατάθεση (el) f (katáthesi)
• Hungarian: betét (hu), bankbetét (hu)
• Italian: deposito (it) m, versamento (it) m
• Japanese: 預金 (ja) (よきん, yokin), 預かり金 (あずかりきん, azukarikin), 入金 (ja) (にゅうきん, nyūkin), デポジット (ja) (depojitto)
• Korean: 예금(預金) (ko) (yegeum), 입금(入金) (ipgeum)
• Maori: moni kuhu, pūtea tāpae
• Persian: ودیعه (fa) (vadi'e), سپرده (fa) (seporde)
• Polish: depozyt (pl) m, wpłata (pl) f
• Portuguese: depósito (pt) m
• Russian: депози́т (ru) m (depozít), вклад (ru) m (vklad)
• Spanish: depósito (es) m
• Swedish: insättning (sv) c
• Thai: เงินฝาก (ngən-fàak)
• Ukrainian: вклад m (vklad), депози́т m (depozýt)
• Welsh: adnau m

anything left behind on a surface

• Danish: aflejring (da) c
• Finnish: esiintymä (fi)
• German: Depot (de) n
• Greek: ίζημα (el) n (ízima)
• Italian: deposito (it) m, sedimento (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avsetning m or f

• Polish: osad (pl) m, ślad (pl) m
• Portuguese: depósito (pt) m

money given as an initial payment

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: капаро (bg) n (kaparo)
• Catalan: bestreta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 押金 (zh) (yājīn), 定金 (zh) (dìngjīn), 保證金／保证金 (zh) (bǎozhèngjīn)

• Danish: depositum n, udbetaling c
• Dutch: aanbetaling (nl) f
• Estonian: deposiit
• Finnish: ennakko (fi), vakuus (fi), käsiraha (fi)
• French: acompte (fr) m, arrhes (fr) f pl
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Anzahlung (de) f
• Greek: προκαταβολή (el) f (prokatavolí)
• Hungarian: letét (hu), foglaló (hu), kaució (hu)
• Ingrian: käsiraha
• Italian: caparra (it) f, anticipo (it) m, acconto (it) m, deposito (it) m
• Japanese: 保証金 (ja) (ほしょうきん, hoshōkin), 頭金 (ja) (あたまきん, atamakin)
• Korean: 보증금(保證金) (ko) (bojeunggeum)
• Latin: arrabō m
• Maori: moni tāpui
• Polish: zaliczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: entrada (pt) f
• Russian: зада́ток (ru) m (zadátok), взнос (ru) m (vznos)
• Spanish: depósito (es) m
• Swedish: handpenning (sv) c
• Thai: มัดจำ (mát-jam), เงินมัดจำ, ค่ามัดจำ
• Turkish: pey (tr)
• Welsh: blaendal m

security for a borrowed item

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保證金／保证金 (zh) (bǎozhèngjīn)

• Danish: pant (da) n, depositum n
• Dutch: statiegeld (nl), borg (nl) m
• Estonian: pant (et)
• Finnish: pantti (fi)
• French: caution (fr) f
• German: Pfand (de) m, Kaution (de) f
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 n (wadi)
• Greek: παράβολο (el) n (parávolo)
• Icelandic: tryggingarfé n
• Ingrian: pantti
• Italian: deposito cauzionale f
• Japanese: 担保 (ja) (たんぽ, tanpo), 敷金 (ja) (しききん, shikikin)
• Korean: 담보(擔保) (ko) (dambo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: depositum n

• Old Swedish: panter
• Polish: kaucja (pl) f
• Portuguese: empenho (pt) m
• Russian: зало́г (ru) m (zalóg)
• Spanish: empeño (es) m
• Swedish: deposition (sv) c, depositionsavgift c, pant (sv) c
• Thai: เงินประกัน, ค่าประกัน

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• Ido: ^{(please verify)} gajo-pekunio

See also

• refundable

Verb

deposit (third-person singular simple present deposits, present participle depositing, simple past and past participle deposited)

1. (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.

   A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand.

   The waters deposited a rich alluvium.

   • 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC:

     This fear is deposited in conscience.

2. To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.

   to deposit goods in a warehouse

3. To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
5. (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.

   I had to deposit two months' rent into my landlord's account before he gave me the keys.

6. To lay aside; to rid oneself of.
   • 1654, Henry Hammond, Of Schism: or a Defence of the Church of England:

     reform and deposit his error

Antonyms

• withdraw

Translations

to lay down

• Bulgarian: отлагам се (otlagam se)
• Catalan: dipositar (ca)
• Dutch: afzetten (nl), neerzetten (nl)
• Finnish: laskea (fi), sijoittaa (fi), panna (fi), asettaa (fi)
• French: déposer (fr)
• Greek: καταθέτω (el) (katathéto)
• Hungarian: lerak (hu), letesz (hu)
• Ido: depozar (io)
• Interlingua: depositar
• Latin: dēpōnō (la)
• Maori: whakatakoto
• Polish: składać (pl) impf, złożyć (pl) pf, osadzać (pl) impf, osadzić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: depositar (pt)
• Rapa Nui: hata
• Romanian: depune (ro)

to lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store

• Finnish: säilyttää (fi), panna talteen
• Hungarian: elhelyez (hu)
• Latin: dēpōnō (la)

to entrust one's assets to the care of another

• Bulgarian: депонирам (deponiram)
• Dutch: storten (nl)
• Finnish: uskoa jonkun haltuun
• French: déposer (fr)
• Greek: δίνω εγγύηση (díno engýisi)
• Hungarian: letétbe helyez, letesz (hu)
• Interlingua: depositar
• Japanese: 預ける (ja) (azukeru)
• Latin: dēpōnō (la)
• Polish: powierzać (pl) impf, powierzyć (pl) pf, deponować (pl) impf, zdeponować pf
• Portuguese: depositar (pt)
• Romanian: lăsa în îngrijire
• Swedish: deponera (sv)

to put money or funds into an account

• Arabic: أَوْدَعَ (ʔawdaʕa)
• Bulgarian: влагам (bg) (vlagam)
• Catalan: dipositar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 存款 (zh) (cúnkuǎn), 儲蓄／储蓄 (zh) (chǔxù)

• Czech: vložit (cs)
• Esperanto: deponi
• Finnish: tallettaa (fi), panna tilille
• German: einzahlen (de)
• Greek: καταθέτω (el) (katathéto), προκαταβάλλω (el) (prokatavállo)
• Hungarian: betesz (hu), berak (hu)
• Irish: taisc
• Japanese: 振り込む (furikomu)
• Latin: confiscō
• Maori: whakaputu
• Polish: wpłacać (pl) impf, wpłacić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: depositar (pt)
• Romanian: depune (ro), depozita (ro)
• Russian: вкла́дывать (ru) impf (vkládyvatʹ), вложи́ть (ru) pf (vložítʹ), депони́ровать (ru) impf (deponírovatʹ), класть (ru) impf (klastʹ), положи́ть (ru) pf (položítʹ)
• Spanish: depositar (es)
• Swedish: sätta in (sv)
• Turkish: yatırmak (tr)

to lay aside; to rid oneself of

Anagrams

• dopiest, podites, posited, side pot, sopited, toe-dips, topside