v. 1 place, leave, set or put or lay (down), drop, Colloq US plunk down You are requested to deposit litter in the bin 2 entrust, leave, lodge, consign, keep, place, put; store, save, set aside, bank, lay or put away, Brit pay in, Colloq stash away Each morning she deposits the children at the day nursery and goes to work He deposits money every week in a pension fund.
n. 3 down payment, part or partial payment, advance payment A small deposit will hold your purchase until you are ready to pay for it in full 4 precipitate, sediment, silt, alluvium, dregs, lees, accumulation, deposition There is a dark deposit at the bottom of the coffee-pot