keeping on deposit

  • 1deposit — /dɪ pɒzɪt/ noun 1. money placed in a bank for safe keeping or to earn interest ♦ deposit at 7 days’ notice money deposited which you can withdraw by giving seven days’ notice 2. money given in advance so that the thing which you want to buy will… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 2Deposit — De*pos it, n. [L. depositum, fr. depositus, p. p. of deponere: cf. F. d[ e]p[^o]t, OF. depost. See {Deposit}, v. t., and cf. {Depot}.] 1. That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3Deposit — De*pos it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deposited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Depositing}.] [L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See {Depone}, and cf. {Deposit}, n.] 1. To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4deposit — I v. To commit to custody, or to lay down; to place; to put; to let fall (as sediment). Jefferson County ex rel. Grauman v. Jefferson County Fiscal Court, 273 Ky. 674, 117 S.W.2d 918, 924. To lodge for safe keeping or as a pledge to intrust to… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 5deposit — I v. To commit to custody, or to lay down; to place; to put; to let fall (as sediment). Jefferson County ex rel. Grauman v. Jefferson County Fiscal Court, 273 Ky. 674, 117 S.W.2d 918, 924. To lodge for safe keeping or as a pledge to intrust to… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 6deposit — n. & v. n. 1 a Brit. a sum of money kept in an account in a bank. b anything stored or entrusted for safe keeping, usu. in a bank. 2 a a sum payable as a first instalment on an item bought on hire purchase, or as a pledge for a contract. b a… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 7Deposit insurance — Experiences from bank runs during the Great Depression led to the introduction of deposit insurance in the US …

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  • 8deposit — ▪ I. deposit de‧pos‧it 1 [dɪˈpɒzt ǁ dɪˈpɑː ] noun 1. [countable] BANKING an amount of money paid into a bank account or held in a bank account, especially when it is earning interest: • Residents have some $4 billion in deposits in local… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 9deposit — noun 1》 a sum of money placed in a bank or other account. 2》 a sum payable as a first instalment or as a pledge.     ↘a returnable sum paid to cover possible loss or damage. 3》 a layer or body of accumulated matter. 4》 the action of depositing… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 10keeping intoxicating liquor — Within the meaning of liquor laws, keeping for sale or barter, except in the most sumptuary legislation forbidding possession for private or family use. Street v Lincoln Safe Deposit Co. 254 US 88, 65 L Ed 151, 41 S Ct 31, 10 ALR 1548, 1551 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary