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Meaning of deposit | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
dɪˈpɒzɪt

Definitions

  1. Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.
  2. Contract by which an asset is delivered to a person to be kept and guarded with an obligation to later return it.
  3. entrance, ingress
  4. Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems
  5. 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.
  6. Place in which it saves something.
  7. income
  8. 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
  9. To become deposited; settle.
  10. Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.
  11. Remaining sediment of some natural effect how the step of the water.
  12. Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest
  13. Solid material left or laid down by a natural process. For example, deposits can include layers of sand and mud left by streams, an accumulation of stones and debris left by a melting glacier, or a layer of coal formed over many years as decomposing plant material became fossilized.
  14. Anything left behind on a surface.
  15. first-person singular present indicative of ingresar
  16. Anything left behind on a surface
  17. To put or set down; place.
  18. A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.
  19. A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase
  20. To lay down or leave behind by a natural process: layers of sediment that were deposited on the ocean floor; glaciers that deposited their debris as they melted.
  21. 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
  22. To give over or entrust for safekeeping.
  23. A place of deposit; a depository.
  24. To give as partial payment or security.
  25. Something, such as money, that is entrusted for safekeeping, as in a bank.
  26. The condition of being deposited: funds on deposit with a broker.
  27. A partial or initial payment of a cost or debt: left a $100 deposit toward the purchase of a stereo system.
  28. A sum of money given as security for an item acquired for temporary use.

Equivalents

العربية أمانة أودع الإيداع وديعة
Беларуская радовішча уклад
Български влог внасям внеса
Bosanski depozit pant slad залог
Cymraeg adnau dyddodyn
Dansk forekomst pant
Esperanto deponi
Eesti hoius pant säde
فارسی ودیعه
Français caution déposer Dépôt gisement
Gaeilge taisc
Hrvatski depozit pant slad залог
Kurdî bêrak sade
Latina confisco depono
Српски depozit pant slad залог
Tagalog latak
Tiếng Việt đặt cọc gùi thế chấp

Examples

“Newly discovered oil and gas deposits at Nan-ch'ung in Szechwan also promise to be of increasing importance.”
“a mineral deposit”
“a deposit of seaweed on the shore”
“a deposit of jam on my countertop”
“They put down a deposit on the apartment.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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