- You are making a deposit when you put money into your bank account. In that sentence, deposit is a noun, but you could express the same action using deposit as a verb.
- An accumulation or layer of solid material, either consolidated or unconsolidated, left or laid down by a natural process. Deposits include sediments left by water, wind, ice, gravity, volcanic activity, or other agents. A layer of coal formed over many years through the decomposition of plant material is also a deposit.
- A deposit is also an additional sum of money that you pay when you rent something to make sure you return the item or to pay for repairs: The apartment rents for $1200 a month, and we want one month’s.
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29 synonyms of deposit from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, plus 85 related words, definitions, and antonyms. Find another word for deposit. Deposit: matter that settles to the bottom of a body of liquid.
deposit
[de-poz´it]2. extraneous inorganic matter collected in the tissues or in an organ of the body.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
de·pos·it
(dĕ-poz'itDeposit Synonyms
),2. A pathologic accumulation of inorganic material in a tissue.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
de·pos·it
(dĕ-poz'it)2. A pathologic accumulation of inorganic material in a tissue.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
de·pos·it
(dĕ-poz'it)2. Pathologic accumulation of inorganic material in a tissue.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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