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- pronunciation:
- dih
pa
ziht
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
deposits, depositing, deposited |
| definition 1: |
to hand over, esp. for safekeeping, as to a bank account.
I deposited four hundred dollars in my account last Friday.- synonyms:
- bank, store
- antonyms:
- withdraw
- similar words:
- credit, save, stash, stow
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| definition 2: |
to put down, lay down, or place.
The river deposits silt on its banks.The ocean waves deposit shells on the beach.He quickly deposited his briefcase on his desk and went to get a cup of coffee.- synonyms:
- drop, lay, precipitate, put
- similar words:
- dump, leave, place, set
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| definition 3: |
to place (money) in the coin slot of a machine.
I deposited all my quarters in the parking meter.- synonyms:
- insert
- similar words:
- place, put
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| definition 4: |
to hand over as partial payment.
The landlord said we have to deposit two months rent to secure the apartment.- similar words:
- pay
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| related words: |
apply, bank, lay, rest, spawn, store, track, wash |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to make a deposit, as to a bank account.
When was the last time you deposited to your account?- synonyms:
- save
- similar words:
- bank
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| definition 2: |
to be deposited.
Silt deposits in the river bed.- synonyms:
- accumulate, collect, settle
- similar words:
- precipitate, remain, stay
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
anything that has been deposited, such as money in a bank or silt in a river.
I made a deposit of three hundred dollars in my savings account.Every summer a crew has to come to clean up the large deposit of plastic bottles on the beach.- synonyms:
- accumulation, bank account, funds, mass, sediment
- similar words:
- alluvium, credit, dregs, lees, precipitate, settlings, silt
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| definition 2: |
a quantity of a substance existing naturally beneath the ground.
They discovered a large deposit of uranium.- synonyms:
- lode, vein
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| definition 3: |
money or valuables given as a partial payment.
I put down a hundred-dollar deposit on a new washing machine.- synonyms:
- installment, payment
- similar words:
- earnest, payoff
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| definition 4: |
money handed over temporarily to guarantee the return of some item.
They require a fifty-dollar deposit on all rental tools.- similar words:
- collateral, guarantee
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| related words: |
advance, application, bed, credit, earnest, ground, guaranty, pawn, warrant |
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