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DEPOSITARY
depository, deposit, depositary, repository
(noun) a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
depositary (not comparable)
Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit
Noun
depositary (plural depositaries)
One who receives a deposit in trust
A place where deposits are kept
Synonyms
• (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
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