/ri poz"i tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , n. , pl. repositories .
1. a receptacle or place where things are deposited, stored, or offered for sale: a repository for discarded clothing.
2. an abundant source or supply; storehouse: a repository of information.
3. a burial place; sepulcher.
4. a person to whom something is entrusted or confided.
5. Chiefly Brit. warehouse.
[ 1475-85; repositorium that in which anything is placed; see REPOSIT, -TORY 2 ]
Syn. 1. depot, storehouse, depository.