DEPOSITORY

depository, deposit, depositary, repository

(noun) a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

depository (plural depositories)

A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping, or preservation; a repository.

A trustee; a depositary.

Antonyms

• nondepository

Source: Wiktionary


De*pos"i*to*ry, n.; pl. Depositories (.

1. A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

2. One with whom something is deposited; a depositary. I am the sole depository of my own secret, and it shall perish with me. Junius.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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