Meaning of DEPOSITORY
| Pronunciation: | | di'pâzi`towree
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| | Definition: | | [n] a facility where things can be deposited for safekeeping |
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| | Synonyms: | | deposit, repository |
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| | See Also: | | archive, archives, bank, bank building, depository library, depot, drop, entrepot, facility, installation, library, lost-and-found, museum, repertory, sperm bank, storage, storage space, store, storehouse, treasury | |
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| | Definition: | | \De*pos"i*to*ry\ (-t[-o]*r[y^]), n.; pl.
{Depositories} (-r[i^]z).
1. A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping;
as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office
is a depository for records.
2. One with whom something is deposited; a depositary.
I am the sole depository of my own secret, and it
shall perish with me. --Junius.
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| | Related Terms: | | archives, armory, arsenal, attic, bank, basement, bay, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, bunker, bursary, buttery, cargo dock, cash register, cashbox, cellar, chest, closet, coffer, coin box, conservatory, crate, crib, cupboard, depot, dock, drawer, dump, exchequer, fisc, Fort Knox, glory hole, godown, gold depository, hold, hutch, library, locker, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, money chest, penny bank, piggy bank, pork barrel, public crib, public till, public treasury, public trough, rack, repertory, repository, reservoir, rick, safe, safe-deposit box, shelf, stack, stack room, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, strong room, strongbox, subtreasury, supply base, supply depot, tank, till, treasure house, treasure room, treasure-house, treasury, vat, vault, warehouse, wine cellar |
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