depository

[ dih-poz-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

noun

, plural de·pos·i·to·ries.

1. a place where something is deposited or stored, as for safekeeping:

   the night depository of a bank.

2. a depositary; trustee.

adjective

1. of or relating to a depository or depositories:

   the depository role of a bank.

depository

/ -trɪ; dɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ /

noun

1. a store, such as a warehouse, for furniture, valuables, etc; repository
2. a variant spelling of depositary

Other Words From

• nonde·posi·tory adjective
• prede·posi·tory noun plural predepositories
• subde·posi·tory noun plural subdepositories

Word History and Origins

Origin of depository¹

1650–60; depository ( def 1 ) < Medieval Latin dēpositōrium; depository ( def 2 ) deposit + -ory ¹ (noun use of adj. suffix)

Word History and Origins

Origin of depository¹

C17 (in the sense: place of a deposit): from Medieval Latin dēpositōrium ; C18 (in the sense: depositary): see deposit , -ory ¹

Example Sentences

About 190 billion euros of Russian central bank assets are held by Belgium’s central securities depository, Euroclear.

From New York Times

Some of the cash was wrapped in bands showing it had been withdrawn, at least $10,000 at a time, from a bank where Menendez and his wife “had no known depository account.”

From Seattle Times

He took these from the Pentagon, storing one set at an air force motion picture depository in Dayton, Ohio, and kept the other himself.

From BBC

The building, which had been a schoolbook depository and a tire warehouse, was “erected brick by brick by African American masons,” the museum says.

From New York Times

The specialty chemicals company announced a $1.75 billion offering of depository shares.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• cache
• repository
• storehouse