depository, deposit, depositary, repository
(noun) a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
Source: WordNet® 3.1
depositary (not comparable)
Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit
depositary (plural depositaries)
One who receives a deposit in trust
A place where deposits are kept
• (one who receives in trust): trustee
• (place where deposits are kept): depository
Source: Wiktionary
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
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
