repository

American  

[ri-poz-i-tawr-ee] / rɪˈpɒz ɪˌtɔr i /

noun

plural

repositories

1. a receptacle or place where things are deposited, stored, or offered for sale.

   a repository for discarded clothing.

   Synonyms:

   depository, storehouse, depot

2. an abundant source or supply; storehouse.

   a repository of information.

3. a person to whom something is entrusted or confided.

4. a burial place; sepulcher.

5. Informal, repo.  Computers. a collection of stored data or software, or the place where it is stored, often a proprietary site in the cloud.

   The company hosts a cloud-based repository to help software developers store, track, and manage changes to their code.

6. Chiefly British. warehouse.

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repository British  

/ rɪˈpɒzɪtərɪ, -trɪ /

noun

1. a place or container in which things can be stored for safety

2. a place where things are kept for exhibition; museum

3. a place where commodities are kept before being sold; warehouse

4. a place of burial; sepulchre

5. a receptacle containing the relics of the dead

6. a person to whom a secret is entrusted; confidant

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Etymology

Origin of repository

1475–85; < Latin repositōrium that in which anything is placed; reposit, -tory ²

Related Words

• archive
• depository
• storehouse