verb / noun

deposit

dih-PAH-zit/dɪˈpɑːzɪt/

Something put down and left in a place or another's keeping.

The customer hands banknotes to the teller as a deposit into his account.

At a simple bank counter, a customer hands a small stack of banknotes to a teller to pay into his account.

Etymology

Putting something away became entrusting it to another for safekeeping or as a pledge. A financial deposit is money placed with a bank or another party on that basis.

In context

Pace Assembly Ministries29:55

here's my check deposited in my account or here's my cash deposit in my account

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More examples

I deposit part of each paycheck into savings.
The landlord requires a deposit before we move in.
The flood leaves a deposit of mud on the road.
The river deposits sand along its banks.

Forms

deposit · deposits · deposited · depositing

depositor noun — Someone who places money in a bank.

Similar words

place: Emphasizes position, without suggesting storage or another person's keeping.
leave: Emphasizes letting something remain rather than putting it somewhere.
accumulation: Emphasizes material gathering over time rather than being placed somewhere.