depositor

UK: /dɪˈpɒzɪtə^r/ US: (di poz′i tər)

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de•pos•i•tor  (di poz′i tər), n. 

1. Business a person or thing that deposits.
2. Business a person who deposits money in a bank or who has a bank account.

• Late Latin, equivalent. to Latin dēposi-, variant stem of dēpōnere (see depone) + -tor -tor
• 1555–65

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depositor / dɪˈpɒzɪtə/ noun

1. a person who places or has money on deposit in a bank or similar organization

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de•pos•it /dɪˈpɑzɪt/   v. [ ~ + obj]

1. Business to put or place (something) for safekeeping, esp. in a bank account:
   He deposited the fifty dollars in his savings account.
2. to deliver and leave (an item):
   He deposited his suitcases in the locker.
3. to insert (a coin) in a coin-operated device:
   Deposit exact change.
4. to put or set down, esp. carefully:
   She deposited the baby in the crib.
5. Geology to lay or throw down by a natural process:
   The river deposited soil at its mouth.
6. to give as security (for):
   We deposited $500 on the new car.

n. [countable]

7. Business
   • an instance of placing money in a bank account:
     You can make a deposit at any branch office.
   • the money placed there:
     a deposit of over $1,000.
8. Business anything given as security or in partial payment:
   a bottle deposit of five cents.
9. something left or thrown down, such as by a natural process:
   a deposit of rich soil left by the flood.
10. Geology a naturally occurring accumulation or pile, esp. of oil or ore:
    gold deposits in the river.

de•pos•i•tor, n. 

[countable] Bank depositors will use the new branch office.

See -pos-.

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de•pos•it  (di poz′it), v.t. 

1. Business to place for safekeeping or in trust, esp. in a bank account:
   He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
2. to give as security or in part payment.
3. to deliver and leave (an item):
   Please deposit your returned books with the librarian.
4. to insert (a coin) in a coin-operated device:
   Deposit a quarter and push the button.
5. to put, place, or set down, esp. carefully or exactly:
   She deposited the baby in the crib.
6. Geology to lay or throw down by a natural process;
   precipitate:
   The river deposited soil at its mouth.

v.i. 

7. to be placed, inserted, precipitated, left for safekeeping, given as security or in partial payment, etc.

n. 

8. Business money placed in a bank account or an instance of placing money in a bank account.
9. Business anything given as security or in part payment:
   The boy returned the bottle and got his five-cent deposit back. They made a deposit on the house and signed a ten-year mortgage.
10. anything laid away or entrusted to another for safekeeping:
    A large deposit of jewels was stolen from the hotel safe.
11. a place for safekeeping;
    depository.
12. something precipitated, delivered and left, or thrown down, as by a natural process:
    a deposit of soil.
13. Wine the natural sediment of wine in a bottle.
14. a coating of metal deposited on something, usually by an electric current.
15. a natural accumulation or occurrence, esp. of oil or ore:
    a mountain range with many rich deposits of gold.

• Latin dēpositus laid down, past participle of dēpōnere; see depone
• 1615–25

Synonyms

• 1. bank, save, store.
• 15. lode, vein, pocket.