DEPOSITARIES

Noun

depositaries

plural of depositary

Source: Wiktionary


DEPOSITARY

De*pos"i*ta*ry, n.; pl. Depositaries. Etym: [L. depositarius, fr. deponere. See Deposit.]

1. One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor. I . . . made you my guardians, my depositaries. Shak. The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people.J.S. Mill.

2. A storehouse; a depository. Bp. Hurd.

3. (Law)

Definition: One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense. Kent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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