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Definition of Depository
1. Noun. A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping.
Specialized synonyms: Archive, Bank, Bank Building, Drop, Depository Library, Library, Lost-and-found, Museum, Repertory, Sperm Bank, Depot, Entrepot, Storage, Store, Storehouse, Treasury
Generic synonyms: Facility, Installation
Terms within: Storage Space
Definition of Depository
1. n. 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.
Definition of Depository
1. Noun. A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping(,) or preservation; a repository. ¹
2. Noun. A trustee; a depositary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Depository
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Depository
Literary usage of Depository
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1913)
"The same act authorized the designation of "an active depository for the collection
of any drafts, checks, certificates of deposit, and coupons that may be ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1851)
"depository at Norfolk, Virginia depository at Mobile, Alabama depository at
Savannah, Georgia. depository at Cincinnati, Ohio depository at ..."
3. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"To Deposit Moneys in depository.—All moneys received by the trustee must be
deposited in an officially designated depository.18 This order is mandatory, ..."
4. The Tribune Almanac and Political Registerby Horace Greeley by Horace Greeley (1893)
"depository, Union National Krust and crammer Building ! I'.ank. ST. ... depository.
Cor. Wall and Lloyd Streets. ( Southern Banking tmd Trust Co. ST. ..."
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