Deposit Cambridge Dictionary
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1 n-count A deposit is a sum of money which is part of the full price of something, and which you pay when you agree to buy it. Usu sing (=down payment) A £50 deposit is required when ordering, and the balance is due upon delivery. 2 n-count A deposit is a sum. usually singular a sum of money that is given as the first part of a larger payment synonym down payment They normally ask you to pay $100 (as a) deposit. All deposits are non-refundable. Deposit on something (British English) We've put down a 5% deposit on the house.
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▸ noun:a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning) ('The plane went into a steep bank')
▸ noun:a building in which commercial banking is transacted ('The bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon')
▸ noun:an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers ('He operated a bank of switches')
▸ noun:a long ridge or pile ('A huge bank of earth')
▸ noun:sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) ('They pulled the canoe up on the bank')
▸ noun:a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
▸ noun:the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games ('He tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo')
▸ noun:a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
▸ noun:a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities ('He cashed a check at the bank')
▸ noun:a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home ('The coin bank was empty')
▸ verb:tip laterally
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('The pilot had to bank the aircraft')▸ verb:be in the banking business
▸ verb:act as the banker in a game or in gambling
▸ verb:do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank ('Where do you bank in this town?')
▸ verb:cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning ('Bank a fire')
▸ verb:enclose with a bank ('Bank roads')
▸ verb:put into a bank account
▸ verb:have confidence or faith in ('Bank on your good education')
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #8006)
▸ Also see banks
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Hagia Sophiaa 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul; built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century
Louvre Museuman art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris
types:a depository containing historical records and documents
bank, bank building
a building in which the business of banking transacted
dropa central depository where things can be left or picked up
depository library, librarya depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study
lost-and-foundrepository in a public building where lost articles can be kept until their owners reclaim them
museuma depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
a depository for storing sperm
a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious objects can be kept safely
an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
circulating library, lending librarylibrary that provides books for use outside the building
magazine, powder magazine, powder storea storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution
science museuma museum that collects and displays objects having scientific interest
a storehouse for goods and merchandise
type of:facility, installationa building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry