noun to lay aside; to rid one's self of.
2. deposit ·vt a place of deposit; a depository.
3. deposit ·vt a bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.
4. deposit ·vt a natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation.
5. deposit ·vt money lodged with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing.
6. deposit ·noun to lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.
7. deposit ·noun to lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; ·esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order.
8. deposit ·noun to lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium.
9. deposit ·vt that which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; ·esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security.
10. deposit ·vt that which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, ·etc., deposits of a river).