deposit

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If the deposit is allowed to thicken -- either by leaving the articles in the solution too long or heating the solution, or having it too strong -- it will merely rub off and leave an irregular surface.

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  1. transitive verb To put or set down; place.
  2. transitive verb To lay down or leave behind by a natural process: layers of sediment that were deposited on the ocean floor; glaciers that deposited their debris as they melted.
  3. transitive verb To give over or entrust for safekeeping.
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  • The action for the return of a deposit was an action at law, and could succeed only where the contract had been set aside altogether as in re National Provincial Bank of England and Marsh [1895] 1 Ch 190. —  The Bahama Journal - Bahamas News Headlines
  • The southern end of the deposit is also fracturing into blocks or slabs. —  Scientific Frontline by SFL ORG Educational News Network
  • This deposit will be applied to the first-year purchase price of the season tickets, when available.
  • When your deposit has been accepted close the cashier and you will see the amount you have deposited in the top right hand corner of the casino software. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Buyers 'status as regards mortgage approval and capacity to pay a deposit was also looked at in the survey. 30 per cent of those who intend to buy say that have got mortgage approval, while another 24 per cent say they are currently seeking mortgage approval.
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stratum ·  payment ·  particle ·  formation ·  investment ·  loan ·  layer ·  supply ·  reserve ·  amount ·  income ·  cash

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deposit:   deposits ·  depositing ·  deposited
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin dēpōnere, dēposit-; see depone.

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  1. Formerly deposite; from Old French depositer = Spanish Portuguese depositar = Italian depositare, dipositare, from Middle Latin depositare, deposit, freq. of deponere, past participle depositus, lay aside, deposit: see depone and depose, and cf. deposit, n.
  2. Formerly deposite (in Middle English depost, from Old French depost, French dépôt, later English depot); = Spanish Portuguese Italian deposito, from Latin depositum (Middle Latin also depostum), a thing laid aside or given in trust, neuter of depositus, past participle of deponere, lay aside: see the verb.
 

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/dəˈpɑzɪt/
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