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Meaning of DEPOSITARY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\De*pos"i*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Depositaries}. [L.
depositarius, fr. deponere. See {Deposit}.]
1. One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who
   receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor.
         I . . . made you my guardians, my depositaries.
                                               --Shak.
         The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of
         the people.                           --J. S. Mill.
2. A storehouse; a depository. --Bp. Hurd.
3. (Law) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the
   bailor without a recompense. --Kent.
 
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