Collocations for "deposit"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "deposit" in context.
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deposit
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [salt, mineral, gold, plant, soil] deposits
- a deposit of [rich, fresh] soil
- the deposits were left by the [floods, waves, tide]
- [gold, ore] deposits in the [river, stream]
- a [large, vast, huge] deposit of [art, jewels]
- a [refundable, nonrefundable, bank] deposit
- paid a deposit on the [car, house, property]
- pay an apartment deposit
- isn't going to give us our deposit back
- lost our deposit (because)
- will return your deposit at the end of the [lease, contract]
- paid a [$5,000, 10%] deposit
- pay a deposit of [$5,000]
- insisted on a [$5,000] deposit
- [$5,000] deposit and the rest on [delivery, completion]
- paid the deposit [in cash, by check, by wire transfer]
- [wired, transferred] the deposit to the owner
- can make a deposit at any [branch, office]
- will be [taken off, subtracted from] the (original) deposit
- got a [five, ten] -cent deposit on the bottle
- deposit [money, a check] in the [bank, safe, account]
- deposit [$1,000, 10%]
- deposit [some, all of, part of] your money
- deposit it in the [box, slot, shoot]
- deposit (coins) in the [machine, vending machine, slot]
- deposit (coins) and [push, select, choose, press]
- deposit [waste, salt, soil]
- UK: deposited the suitcases in the [trunk, locker]
- UK: deposit your (dirty) [clothes, laundry, washing] in the [laundry basket]
- UK: deposit your (dirty) [clothes] in the [laundry basket, laundry, machine, washing machine]
- [open up, save your money in] a deposit account
- the deposit [date, amount, rate, percentage]
'deposit' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):