deposit money

noun

, Banking.

1. checks, letters of credit, etc., that circulate and are payable on demand.

Word History and Origins

Origin of deposit money¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Men would come and deposit money with me before their orders were finished.

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The deposit-money paid over in both these affairs was attached by his sureties, and he was driven to great necessities for funds.

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They shall not keep counsel with the declared enemies of Islam, nor receive them in their houses, nor deposit money with them.

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They got the Government to deposit money with them, and they paid the Government nothing, and charged the people interest for it.

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Just then a brusque voice said: Name and address pleaseand twenty-five per cent deposit money.

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