DEPOSIT


Meaning of DEPOSIT in English

I.

noun

1 money paid into a bank account

ADJECTIVE

▪ bank , building-society ( BrE )

Bank ~s have increased by 2.3%.

▪ cash

▪ direct ( AmE )

▪ dollar , sterling , etc.

VERB + DEPOSIT

▪ make

She made a ~ of £60 into her account.

DEPOSIT + NOUN

▪ account ( BrE )

2 money which is the first payment for sth

VERB + DEPOSIT

▪ pay , put down

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ on

We've put down the ~ on our new car.

3 money paid when you rent sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ refundable , returnable ( BrE )

All ~s are refundable.

▪ non-refundable , non-returnable ( BrE )

▪ security

VERB + DEPOSIT

▪ give (sb) , leave (sb) , pay (sb)

You have to pay a ~ of $1 200 as well as two months' rent.

▪ require

▪ get back

You'll get back your ~ once we've checked the bikes are all right.

▪ forfeit , lose

If furniture is damaged, you will forfeit your ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ on

I had to leave a €50 ~ on the bike.

4 layer of sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ large

▪ rich

▪ thick , thin

The floods left a thick ~ of mud over the fields.

▪ gas , mineral , oil , ore , etc.

an area with large mineral ~s

▪ glacial , sedimentary

▪ calcium

▪ fat , fatty

VERB + DEPOSIT

▪ contain , have

The region has many ~s of valuable oil.

▪ form , leave

▪ find

▪ remove

II.

verb

Deposit is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ bag , ↑ cheque , ↑ egg , ↑ faeces , ↑ fund , ↑ mineral , ↑ money , ↑ silt

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .