Definition of deposit

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Deposit (n.) To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium..

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Oviposit :: Oviposit (v. i.) To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.
Inter :: Inter (v. t.) To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body..
Pawnbroker :: Pawnbroker (n.) One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.
Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories..
Guhr :: Guhr (n.) A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a mixture of clay or ocher..
Wager :: Wager (v. t.) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge..
Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
Reliquary :: Reliquary (n.) A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept..
Fresh-water :: Fresh-water (a.) Of, pertaining to, or living in, water not salt; as, fresh-water geological deposits; a fresh-water fish; fresh-water mussels..
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) A large deposit of ore in a lode.
Sullen :: Sullage (n.) Silt; mud deposited by water.
Storage :: Storage (n.) The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse..
Scrine :: Scrine (n.) A chest, bookcase, or other place, where writings or curiosities are deposited; a shrine..
Intervale :: Intervale (n.) A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7..
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing.
Pyx :: Pyx (v. t.) To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx..
Uncoformability :: Uncoformability (n.) Want of parallelism between one series of strata and another, especially when due to a disturbance of the position of the earlier strata before the latter were deposited..
Secrete :: Secrete (v. t.) To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self..
Gage :: Gage (n.) To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.
Brash :: Brash (n.) Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits.
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